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Scottish greenkeeper retires after FIFTY years at the same golf club
Steve Sullivan has retired as the greenkeeper at Craigie Hill Golf Club after an astonishing 50 years working at the Perth venue.
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BTME profile: Price Turfcare
Price Turfcare is returning to BTME for the third time, to Harrogate where the company was officially launched back in 2017.
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BTME profile: Wiedenmann UK
Wiedenmann UK’s popular rough management duo of the Super 500 and the Terra Rake give the Wiedenmann Terra Spikes a run for their money when it comes to a wish list kit for golf courses.
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BTME profile: Delta-T Devices’ ThetaKit
Used by many leading golf courses and sports venues, the ThetaKit enables fast, easy, precise soil moisture measurement.
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Sleaford Golf Club appoints three new greenkeepers
Sleaford Golf Club in Lincolnshire has appointed three new greenkeepers – one the first woman to be a greenkeeper in the club’s history.
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BTME profile: Capillary Concrete
More golf courses are turning to Capillary Concrete as their bunker liner of choice following its growing reputation and its 10-year insured financial guarantee.
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BTME profile: Aquatrols Europe
Aquatrols is the world leader in the development of cutting-edge soil surfactants and other speciality technologies that optimise soil / water / plant interactions.
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BTME returns to Harrogate next month – and it will be BIGGA than ever
During BTME 2018 BIGGA revealed that the annual exhibition would be drastically transformed for 2019. A whole host of innovations and new offerings were coming. And now we know what they are.
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Germinal appoint new amenity technical sales representative
Germinal has recruited Alan Thomson as its new amenity technical sales representative for Scotland and the north east of England.
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Wiedenmann double for school’s grounds’ team saves up to five days a month
Two new kit arrivals for a busy Middlesex grounds team are saving up to five working days a month.
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GreenMech QuadChip lightens the workload for housing association
“As well as over 2,500 trees, there are lots of hedgerows and open spaces that all require upkeep”.
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Meet the head greenkeeper: Mike Davie
Working at Hazel Grove Golf Club in Cheshire, Mike talks about how he improved the course’s bunkers with a limited number of staff and what he has done to provide mental health support to greenkeepers in the industry.
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Ten greenkeepers to attend golf show in California
Ten greenkeepers from all corners of the golf industry have received an early Christmas present by being named as part of the ‘BIGGA Delegation to the Golf Industry Show’ sponsored by Bernhard Company.
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A day in the life: Paul Staples
Paul is the head greenkeeper at Broadstone Golf Club in Dorset. The venue consistently features in top 100 lists of UK golf courses.
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How can turf managers provide a top quality surface during the winter months?
Golf is a year round sport, and players’ expectations (unrealistic as they may be) for quality playing surfaces, remain the same in the depths of winter as they are in the height of summer.
