Designed specifically for watering smaller golf course areas such as tee boxes and compact greens, the new 500/550 Series rotors are the only valve-in-head golf course rotors on the market offering a radius of 8.5 to 14.3 metres. Available now, there is a variety of block, SAM / hydraulic and valve-in-head versions. Replacing the 351b…

With over 50 games a season taking place at the Huish Park Stadium, Yeovil Town FC’s head of grounds Richard Allsworth believes that his new Dennis G860 is the ideal mower to maintain such a heavily used pitch. Richard has been head of grounds for Yeovil Town FC for the past four years and, along…

Macdonald Cardrona Hotel, Golf & Spa, Peebles, near Edinburgh, has completed a £90,000 project to renovate the bunkers on the 6,856 yard, par 72 layout. The work has meant the bunkers now drain much better than they previously did. In addition, the former European Challenge Tour venue has also completed a programme of sand exchange…

Bowood’s championship golf course near Chippenham is set in 2,000 acres of glorious parkland and is renowned as one of the finest courses in Wiltshire. To introduce some biodiversity into the greens, course manager Jaey Goodchild began an all bents programme on the course’s 18 greens three years ago. To give them the best chance…

Lister Wilder, a Kubota groundcare and construction dealer, has been announced as this year’s biggest UK ‘MOW-team’ supporting The Movember Foundation, with more than 60 members of staff donning great moustaches to raise funds for the men’s health charity. Including sales team members, workshop engineers, parts advisers and company directors, the Lister Wilder Movember ‘MOW-team’…

Yay Tagon Taung Golf Resort, located about 30 minutes’ drive east of Mandalay in Myanmar (formerly Burma), has taken delivery of yet more Jacobsen machinery after serving as a loyal customer for more than 20 years. Mr Thant Zin Oo has been the general manager at the club for two years now, having previously been…

The Duke Golf Club, an exclusive members-only club located in Nistelrode, Holland, has invested in 15 E-Z-GO RXV ELiTE golf cars with Textron Fleet Management GPS (TFM GPS). Local dealer Van der Pols made the delivery. Marcel Arts has been the general manager at the club for 13 years, after starting his career as a…

Hogs Head Golf Club, a brand-new course located in County Kerry, Ireland, has chosen equipment from Textron Golf (Jacobsen®, E-Z-GO® and Cushman®) to maintain its surfaces. The course replaces Skellig Bay Golf Club and has been built in the picturesque town of Waterville, with golfer’s able to enjoy spectacular views of the Irish coast and…

The British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA) has unveiled what it calls the most extensive education programme for the turf industry in Europe. Continue to Learn at BTME 2018 will feature more than 250 hours of education with guest speakers such as Micah Woods from the Asian Turfgrass Center and Dr Mike Fidanza from…

The company that bought the ClearWater wash system is launching credit options for golf clubs for the first time. Acumen Waste Services, which bought the brand from Highspeed earlier this year, said golf clubs will be able to spread payments and can order immediately, meaning they can meet their legal responsibilities of pollution prevention. “This…

Any machinery that can save labour and time is a welcome investment for any club, especially the Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club in Kent, which has such a packed schedule of maintenance and play. In March this year it took delivery of a Rink DS3800 bulk topdresser from Charterhouse Turf Machinery to help. The club…

Aeration is a key process to improve drainage, reduce turf compaction and thatch build up. With three models in the SISIS range, with different working widths and varying maximum depths to suit any tractor and most applications – the Multislit, Maxislit and Megaslit are tractor mounted deep slitters which offer deep, clean penetration with minimal…

Mulchrone Brothers is gaining significant traction in the west Ireland groundcare market following the recent extension of its partnership with industry-leading manufacturer, Kubota UK. Over the last 40 years, the family dealership has been an established name throughout the mid-western counties of Ireland, renowned for providing first-class machinery and aftersales support to both the domestic…

Castle Stuart Golf Links in Scotland has appointed James Hutchison as its new head greenkeeper. James, who joined Castle Stuart as a greenkeeper during its construction in 2007, has been deputy course manager since the four-time Scottish Open venue opened in 2009. He replaces Chris Haspell who is leaving Castle Stuart to take up a…

Greenkeepers can get their hands on a comprehensive guide to help them manage microdochium patch, the notorious disease that occurs on over 90 per cent of UK golf courses. Dr Colin Mumford, Bayer technical manager, explains that all aspects of managing microdochium patch, from understanding the issue and identification, to preventing and curing the disease…