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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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Replacing your bedknives will save you time and money and bring a sharper cut to your mowers
Switching out the old and worn for a new set of Toro EdgeMax bedknives will save you time and money and bring a sharper cut to your Toro greens and fairway mowers.
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John Deere launches new GPS PrecisionSprayer
John Deere is revolutionising spraying applications on amenity turf with the new GPS PrecisionSprayer, available exclusively for use with the ProGator heavy-duty utility vehicle.
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A day in the life: James Braithwaite
James is the course manager at Long Ashton Golf Club. The 126-year-old parkland course is situated just 10 minutes from Bristol’s city centre.
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Product review: Capillary Concrete™
The cement-based polymer material is the only sports base that moves water in two directions, ensuring it virtually eliminates wash-outs, soil contamination, plugged ball lies and other bunker maintenance problems.
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Charterhouse Turf Machinery launches OxyShot aeration machine
Charterhouse Turf Machinery has launched a new machine into its aeration portfolio – the OxyShot.
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Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society completes total renovation of its bunkers
Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society has completed a total renovation of the bunkers on its 1898 Willie Park Jr-designed course, incorporating the Capillary Concrete bunker liner technology.
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Award for Harleyford Golf Club’s greenkeepers
The greenkeeping team at Harleyford GC in Buckinghamshire has been recognised for preparing the course for The Matchroom Sport Championship just five years after the club was declared bankrupt.
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Rigby Taylor’s ‘Professional Products’ brochure is available for free
Rigby Taylor’s 2019 Professional Products range brochure – the ‘must-have’ reference document for every turf manager – is now available for free.
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Cabrio tops ryegrass fineness of leaf ratings for third year
Cabrio Ultra Fine Ryegrass has, for the third consecutive year, been announced as the number one variety for fineness of leaf in the BSPB’s Series L Table 1 for perennial ryegrasses.
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Meet the greenkeepers: Craig Haldane and Scott Fenwick
Gleneagles has – until now – treated its three famous golf courses as separate entities with each having their own greenkeeping team. This has now changed. The duo talk about ‘One Team’ and Craig’s new role.
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Beacon Park GC to remodel its course
West Lancashire Borough Council is considering a planning application to carry out large-scale work at Beacon Park Golf Club in Wigan.
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If your golf club uses petrol you should speak to this company
Does your business use petrol? Do you collect petrol from a filling station? Do you collect petrol in Jerry cans? If you have answered yes to any of the above, you need to speak with The Petrol Tank Company.
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Leading golf club to invest in greenkeeping
A world-famous golf club that had pursued revenue streams in addition to golf, such as weddings, has decided to focus on its golf offering to members instead as it moves forward.
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Craig Boath is Carnoustie’s new links superintendent
Carnoustie Golf Links has appointed Craig Boath as the new links superintendent at the venue of last year’s Open Championship.
