Royal Birkdale’s greenkeepers used the Tacit Sholé Holecutter to prepare daily hole locations for The 154th Open, producing clean, vertical cups to championship standard – a process offering lessons in precision and efficiency for club-level greenkeeping too.

A stop by stand OSA810 will be a must for visitors to this years GroundsFest, with Kubota and Baroness joining forces to showcase one of the industry’s most comprehensive equipment line-ups.

Visitors to GroundsFest 2026 looking for sustainable nutrition and plant health solutions will find all the answers with a stop by Suståne Natural Fertilisers on stand 44.

GKB Machines is set to make its GroundsFest debut this September, promising a showcase of robust maintenance solutions for natural and artificial surfaces on stand OSA80.

Japanese precision and engineering excellence will be the theme of stand OSA810 at GroundsFest 2026, as Baroness and Kubota team up once again to deliver a showcase of equipment critical to fine turf, groundcare and landscaping applications.

Aspen Fuel will be making a popular return to GroundsFest 2026, highlighting the significant benefits for operators, machinery and the environment of switching to alkylate petrol.

Origin Amenity Solutions (OAS) will be among the must-see exhibitors at this year’s GroundsFest, bringing one of the industry’s most comprehensive portfolios of products, services and technical expertise to Stoneleigh Park.

Stuart Wilson, the FIFA Pitch Venue Manager in Atlanta, started out as an assistant greenkeeper at Woburn Golf Club in Bedfordshire before working at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium and Croke Park, and now leads the ground staff for the Argentina-England World Cup semi-final.

As Golf Course Superintendent at Bernardus Golf in The Netherlands, Niall Richardson has spent the past 10 years helping shape one of Europe’s most highly regarded modern golf venues, which is preparing to host the 2026 Solheim Cup.

Jay Seaman, the golf course manager at Eaton Golf Club in Norfolk, takes us through his average day.

At Airdrie Golf Club, course manager Jordan Cameron has taken a clear, back-to-basics approach to turf management, and with the support of Agrovista Amenity and growth regulator Attraxor®, the results are speaking for themselves.

GroundsFest Academy welcomed grounds professionals from across the industry for its latest CPD-accredited event, Preparing Surfaces for Sports, held at Plymouth Football Club’s Home Park Stadium.

Autumn disease pressure rarely arrives overnight. ICL’s Turf Defence programme is built on recognising when conditions begin to shift and acting before disease gains momentum.

The Torrent™ 4 sets a new standard for turbine blowers -EFI power, remote auto-rotate and an MagnaPoint™ instant nozzle control let operators clean faster with less effort. Rugged, reliable and built for daily commercial use.

Why robotic mowers and trailed rotary mowers both have a place in tomorrow’s golf course maintenance.

Royal Dornoch has launched a new website celebrating its thriving wildlife, shot by past captain Professor David Bell. Part of The R&A’s Biodiversity Project, it showcases 174 species found on its Championship and Struie Courses.

Craigielaw Golf Club has underlined its long-term commitment to delivering championship-quality playing conditions with a significant new investment in Toro turfcare equipment and the support services of distributor Reesink Turfcare’s ReeAssure Gold package.

As the Portugal Invitational brings PGA Tour Champions golf to Europe for the first time, official partner Kress is using the occasion to show how autonomous electric mowing technology is quietly transforming the way the world’s top courses are maintained.

A drought declaration has been made in at least one part of the UK almost every year since 2018 and heatwaves in recent days have meant water companies are restricting usage to consumers. However, the Waste2Water recycling system is something golf clubs can always use to clean their course machinery.

Groundsman Matthew Jordan relies on a tried-and-tested OAS programme – from R9 ryegrass to a targeted nutrition plan – to maintain 10 grass courts through an intensive season of tournaments and daily play at Cromer Lawn Tennis & Squash Association.

Head groundsman Adam Stunt has relied on MM50 perennial ryegrass for 16 years to keep Rye Lawn Tennis Club’s eight grass courts in top condition – including through a gruelling summer tournament season that pushes surfaces to their limits.