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Meet the course manager: Shaun Embleton
Course manager Shaun Embleton is spearheading a massive redevelopment at one of the north east’s premier resorts. He discusses moving away from committee-led structures, reimagining championship holes for a modern audience, and why Ramside Hall is the “sleeping giant” finally finding its voice.
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Centennial nine at Huntingdon Valley gets Capillary Bunkers
Huntingdon Valley Country Club in Philadelphia has installed the Capillary Bunkers liner on its Centennial nine.
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Whittington Heath opens HS2 course
A golf club that had to be significantly redesigned because the HS2 railway line was planned to cut through it, has reopened.
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It’s Headland C-Complex® all season long for Gog Magog Golf Club
The C-Complex® range from Headland Amenity is helping Gog Magog Golf Club ward off lush, leafy growth in favour of firm and fast surfaces – in keeping with the course’s downland surroundings.
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Johnsons J Tee helps Wenvoe Castle GC overcome challenge of high wear
The unique blend of cultivars in Johnsons Sports Seeds J Tee mixture is delivering the combination of rapid establishment and high wear tolerance required at Wenvoe Castle Golf Club.
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Sussex venue hopes to convert par three course into housing
A golf venue has submitted plans to convert its par three course into housing.
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Yorkshire venue to embark on £21 million expansion project
A golf club in Yorkshire has applied for planning permission to undertake a mammoth £21 million improvement project.
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Norfolk golf club acquired by Formula One’s chef
Middleton Hall Golf Club has been acquired by a famous chef who worked with Formula One, and he will rename each hole on the course after an F1 champion.
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Call for an investment in greenkeepers
The chief executive of the UK’s main greenkeepers’ association has issued a rallying cry for the game to reinvest in golf club staff who make the game possible.
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Grass seed: ‘A stronger future’
As new diseases emerge in the UK, greater emphasis must be given to developing cultivars with improved all round disease tolerance and environmental stress recovery.
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Golf club rejects plan to erect 5G mast on its course
A golf club in Grimsby has opted to not go ahead with a proposal to build a 5G phone mast on its course.
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STRI appoints consultant agronomist
STRI Group has appointed Ben Morgan as consultant agronomist regionally based in York, also working out of the STRI’s Bingley headquarters.
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Family golf club acquires nearby venue
A family golf venue in Cambridgeshire has taken over a nearby golf course.
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St Andrews set for a new world-class golf course
The company behind the Fairmont Hotel in St Andrews has applied for permission to Fife Council to convert its two golf courses into one world-class facility.
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Golfers are ‘unaware’ of greenkeepers’ eco work
A new survey on golf sustainability has found that while many golf clubs carry out environmental best-practice measures, they could do better at communicating this to golfers.
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Meet the course manager: James Bonfield
From The Hertfordshire, James talks about the course improvements that have stemmed from a new owner investing in the facility and upgrading while keeping the course open.