With high temperatures, reduced rainfall and increased foot traffic, summer places intense pressure on playing surfaces. Maintaining championship-standard playing conditions demands both planning and flexibility. With a proactive strategy, supported by flexible, proven products and FACTS-qualified advice, summer doesn’t have to spell struggle.

Fertilisers, seeds and wetting agents provider ICL explores where biostimulants can fit in a turf management programme.

Achieving the optimum bar pressure is essential in an irrigation system. But what is it, what should you be aiming for, how do you achieve that, what factors around the course affect it and what happens if you don’t hit it? John Kidson reveals all.

Staff and members of the amenity trade press were recently invited for an exclusive look at the next phase of the £4.5 million facilities upgrade at DLF’s UK headquarters at Inkberrow.

Hayston Golf Club’s latest investment includes the Toro Greensmaster 3250-D, Greensmaster TriFlex 3420 Hybrid and Reelmaster 5610-D, chosen for their durability, comfort and long-term performance.

When maintaining your machinery, do you come across some types of soiling that simply won’t shift? How about that reddish-brown buildup on the internal tanks of your vehicle sprayer? Or those white powdery crusts on your fertiliser sprayer nozzles?

Otterbine’s Fractional aerating fountain has transformed what was once a problem pool at Derwen Mill Holiday Park in Powys, Wales.

With two new mowers from Baroness, it’s ‘onwards and upwards’ for the maintenance team at Moffat Golf Club – literally!

From the very first demonstration, Graham Kenward of South East Forestry and Tree Services was sold on the health and safety benefits of Aspen Fuel.

Toro, in collaboration with its UK distributor Reesink UK and St Andrews Links Trust, proudly celebrates a 25-year partnership, marking one of the longest-standing formal relationships between Toro and a customer globally.

Once again Toro machinery and irrigation is being used to present the iconic Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club to the world for The Open.