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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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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.
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Welsh golf club launches plan to fight coastal erosion
A 19th century links venue is to construct a ‘coastal defence project’ featuring ‘mattresses’ made of steel frames and filled with stone to protect the course from erosion.
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Closed course ‘being used as a football pitch’
A golf course that has temporarily closed due to its council’s budgeting crisis is now being used as a football pitch, threatening its future, according to reports.
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Irish club rebounds following Covid losses
A major Irish golf club that was hit by large losses in the first year of the pandemic has seen a surge in income in the last 12 months.
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Two more golf clubs report damage by vandals
Another two golf clubs have revealed they’ve been targeted by antisocial yobs in recent days.
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Is there a crisis in golf greenkeeping?
BIGGA has launched an industry-wide survey that will quantify information relating to a perceived recruitment ‘crisis’ within the greenkeeping and wider golfing sector.
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Three Edinburgh courses vandalised by motorcyclists
Three golf courses in Edinburgh have experienced balaclava-wearing motorbike riding youths tearing up the courses and threatening golfers who try to challenge them in recent days.
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Scottish venue closes for four weeks due to pressure on new greens
The world’s ‘best new golf course’, Dumbarnie Links, has closed for four weeks due to extreme pressure on the young fescue grasses on its greens.
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Forever flexible with Toro Irrigation
An irrigation system is the life-blood of your course: it’s complex, far reaching and its value cannot be underestimated; without it your course simply will not survive, let alone, thrive.
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Water Management Turf Action Plan – planning for adaptability
Aquatrols’ technical support and European account manager, Michael Fance, shares his thoughts on how to work with the weather with a well thought out turf action plan.
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Meet the head greenkeeper: Alex Lowes
The head greenkeeper at North Manchester Golf Club talks about his career and the machinery he uses on an undulating course with a vast amount of semi-rough.
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Golf at Goodwood recognised for sustainability work
GEO certification has been awarded to Golf at Goodwood after the greenkeeping team successfully demonstrated its commitment to making sustainability a priority.
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A day in the life: Jason Sarna
The course manager at Brighton & Hove Golf Club, the oldest golf club in Sussex, takes us through his average day.
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Jack Fairhead wins John Deere X127 mower
When Jack Fairhead heard he’d won a brand new John Deere X127 ride-on mower worth £3,500, he couldn’t believe his luck.
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“GripClad performs brilliantly in the hardest of frosts”
“At Boston West Golf and Appletree Country Park we are proud to endorse GripClad.”