Two golf clubs in Dundee have made a plea to local dog owners to do more to stop their animals causing damage to their greens. Caird Park and Camperdown golf clubs are both run by Leisure and Culture Dundee, and its golf manager, Philip Harrison, has said the problem has been getting worse. Local dog…

Jonathan Henry has been appointed the new managing director of John Deere in the UK and Ireland. He takes over the role next month from Antony Scott, who has elected to retire after 40 years of distinguished service with the company. Jonathan Henry joined John Deere as a management trainee in July 1993, following an HND…

A golf course owner has said he nearly had to spend thousands of pounds redesigning his course to make it safer – but discovered that nearby ‘wayward balls’ had actually been dropped by birds. Neil Sjoberg from Epping GC said that birds’ confusion between golf balls and eggs may have resulted in some venues spending…

Wentworth Club has appointed Gary Player Design to carry out the renovation of its Edinburgh Course as part of the multi-million pound investment programme being undertaken by the club. Player’s involvement will mark a continuation of his long association with the club, dating back to his 1965 World Match Play victory at Wentworth, and his…

The Oaks Mollington in Chester, which was host to the PGA EuroPro Tour in 2005 and 2006, has closed down. The club, which was a popular wedding venue, was established in 1999, but struggled financially in recent years and in 2013 was rescued from receivers. Its local newspaper, The Chester Chronicle, stated: ‘while the club…

Tewkesbury Park, set in 163 acres of undulating parkland and overlooking the site of the 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury, has just completed the second phase of its extensive two year renovation at a cost of £4 million. As well as clubhouse renovations, work has been completed to the golf course’s bunkers, which have been remodelled…

Staff from Dennis, SISIS, Fusion Media and St George’s Park recently teamed up to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK. In a bid to raise money for the charity, a friendly football match was arranged at St George’s Park – the English Football Association’s national football centre at Burton upon Trent. Prior to the game,…

England Golf has revealed that 15 golf clubs were so badly hit by flood damage this winter that they applied for support from the Emergency Flood Relief Fund – and 13 of them were successful. All the golf clubs are located in the north of England and they collectively received more than £50,000 of public…

Global sports facility consultant and sport industry research specialist STRI has appointed Mark Godfrey as its new chief executive officer. Mark previously held the position as Australasia managing director and prior to that group finance director. He joined the company in 2006. “I am honoured to have been selected as STRI’s next CEO. We are…

Speedcut Contractors has helped play continue at The Club Company golf courses after installing drainage at three of the sites. Chartham Park, Benton Hall and Castle Royle golf clubs all underwent drainage improvements on problem areas, helping to reduce the threat of course closure across the courses. Chris Brook is courses manager for The Club…

The Brabazon course at The Belfry, the only golf course in the world to host the Ryder Cup four times and voted as ‘England’s Best Golf Course’ at the 2015 World Golf Awards, is to undertake a series of course improvements, The Belfry’s director of golf courses, Angus Macleod, has announced. Angus and his team…

Michael Hampton, Turfcare parts manager at Lely Turfcare, has advised greenkeepers that sharp, well-maintained rotary blades are the key to the most efficient cut, and the most superior after-cut appearance possible. And with the new season’s flourish of grass growth fast approaching, Michael says now’s the time to raise awareness of ensuring blades are sharp,…

Burhill Golf Club in Surrey has begun work on an extensive renovation project across the facility. An ongoing course renovation project that is to continue this year is the redesign and relaying of bunkers on four holes across the New Course. This particular work heralds the fourth year in a six year project of continuous…

A golf club that will be effectively annihilated by the £43 billion high-speed HS2 route is to be given a new state-of-the-art course. Ingestre Park Golf Club in Staffordshire will lose seven of its 18 holes, with the line passing within 100 metres of its clubhouse. The 42-year-old venue will lose 13 of its 128…

A significant study on golf green speeds has found that making the surface faster actually increases the length of time for golfers to play a round on that course. The perceived long length it takes to play a round of golf is one of the most cited reasons why participation in the game has been…

Highspeed Group has launched a ‘Big Discount Carbery Fuel King Spring Promotion’ on its Bundedtanks.com website. “There’s probably not been a better time to buy a diesel refueling tank if that’s what you are considering. Bundedtanks.com has launched the latest promotion featuring the two Carbery Fuel Kings (1350 and 2500 litres),” said spokesman David Mears.…

Real Madrid footballer Gareth Bale has said he will build a golf course for his UK home and employ a full-time greenkeeper to maintain it. Welshman Bale, the world’s most expensive footballer, has commissioned the construction of a three-hole golf course in the garden of his Vale of Glamorgan home. Bale wants three holes from…

The winner of the ICL and Syngenta sponsored Irish Student Greenkeeper of the Year award has been announced as William Fitzpatrick. The award is part of the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board’s (KWETB) greenkeeping training course run at Naas Golf Club in Kerdiffstown, County Kildare. For a period of 48 weeks participants incorporate…

This picture shows the dramatic impact drainage work that was carried out at Parley Golf Centre in Dorset has had. On the left is how the course looked in January 2014, prior to a £250,000 programme of improvements, and on the right is the same angle from January 2016. “Where once greens and fairways would…

Norwood Park Golf Centre in Nottinghamshire has become the latest golf club to use giant hole cups to attract juniors and beginners to the game. Instead of using the traditional four and a quarter inch diameter hole cup for golfers, the venue has installed holes with 15 inch diameters. The theory is that larger hole…