Jason Norwood, the course manager at Reay Golf Club in the Highlands, and former Toro Student Greenkeeper of The Year, details how he maintains the venue.

One of the world’s tallest revetted bunker walls has risen up at the Pulpit Club, originally built in 1990 by architects Dr Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry.

First opened in 1992 as a nine hole course, Mount Pleasant GC in Bedfordshire has been building up its reputation.

A fateful combination of high footfall, hot weather and a failing irrigation system has seen the tees at Stourbridge Golf Club struggling to retain all-important grass coverage in recent years.

Sixteen bowling greens across Hampshire and Dorset have undergone a huge transformation thanks to new maintenance contractor Paul Wright and his organic approach to turf nutrition.

Toro is well known in the industry for its durability and reliability, and nowhere has Toro’s longevity been put to the test quite like the machines at Westridge Golf Centre in the Isle of Wight.

The head greenkeeper at Stourbridge Golf Club in the West Midlands – an 18 hole parkland course established in 1892 – takes us through his average day.

Cavendish Golf Club has completed the first phase of a multi-year course renovation, including the construction of several new bunkers.

Compaction related problems are common place on golf courses. Dry patch, black layer and excessive thatch and lack of root depth and density all lead to an inconsistent course surface.

The reduction in availability of curative chemistry has been a game-changer when it comes to the fight against worm casts.

Royal Norwich, one of the first ‘Royal’ golf clubs ever to relocate to a new site, is the latest organisation to appreciate the multiple benefits of Ventrac.

Hydrophobicity or soil water repellency is a naturally occurring phenomenon, and one that all turf professionals struggle with from time to time.

The resourcefulness and positivity of course manager, John Watson, and his team of six, at the parkland course of Downfield GC, Dundee, saw them through a tough ‘stop-start’ winter.

Thorpe Hall Golf Club has seen for itself the benefits not one, but two Reesink Turfcare brands can bring to a course after investing in both Toro and Nordic Plow.

John Stewart, head groundsman at Deportivo Alaves FC, has said that his new Dennis G860 cylinder mower is ‘right up there at the very top’ when it comes to turf maintenance machinery.

Bonnyton Thistle FC now have complete flexibility and control over the maintenance of their full-size synthetic pitch thanks to the recent purchase of a Verti-Groom EV and Dragmat.

David talks about the products that make course maintenance at the venue easier for him.

Damion, at Tidworth Garrison Golf Club in Wiltshire, details how increased footfall due to the pandemic has changed his work.

It seems to be a misconception that if you choose a Toro sprinkler at the point of installation, it’s what you’re stuck with forever. Well, that’s a myth.

GKB Machines, the company behind sustainable, reliable and robust maintenance machinery for natural, synthetic and hybrid turf, caught up with one of its UK distributors, Balmers GM.

John Deere has expanded its commercial ZTrak ZTR range to include two new petrol models and two rear-discharge decks to meet customer demand.