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“The last 20 years haven’t felt like work”
After working at the 2006 Ryder Cup as a young man, Damien Coleman embarked on a new challenge as golf superintendent at Golf at The Hawthorn and is now playing a leading role in one of Irish golf’s most exciting projects this year.
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Major course renovation for Prince’s Golf Club
Prince’s Golf Club, host of the 1932 Open Championship, has announced details of course renovation works to the Shore and Dunes nines at the 27-hole championship links facility.
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Bernhard launches training academy
The Bernhard Academy has been launched at the company’s factory facilities in Haverhill, Suffolk.
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The latest fairway mowers and tractors
The greenkeeper’s job is never done. Here, we review some of the latest developments in fairway mowers and tractors which help make life a little easier.
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Closed 18-hole golf course could reopen as a nine-hole venue
One of two golf clubs in Lincolnshire that closed down last November could be revived as a nine-hole course.
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Golf participation in the USA sees first rise in 14 years
The number of people playing on American golf courses rose 1.7 per cent to 24.2 million in 2018 – the first reported increase in 14 years.
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Meet the golf course manager: Jim McMurdo
Tadmarton Heath is one of the most attractive golf courses in Oxfordshire. We speak to its course manager Jim McMurdo about the five-year programme to restore heather to the course.
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Reesink Turfcare extends its Toro Parts range with Toro Reels+ and EdgeSeries Reels+
Reesink Turfcare has extended its Toro Parts range with Toro Reels+ and EdgeSeries Reels+, and with this introduction comes multiple plus points for machinery maintenance.
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Dennis & SISIS round-up successful season of seminars
Dennis and SISIS have completed another successful season of insightful seminars which welcomed over 500 attendees at various venues throughout the UK.
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New £100,000 irrigation system for Montrose Golf Links
Montrose Golf Links has announced details of one of the largest investments ever made in the celebrated east coast course.
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Wentworth Club and John Deere announce major new partnership
Wentworth Club and John Deere have entered into an exclusive partnership for the supply of an astonishing 140-plus golf course maintenance machines to its three world famous golf courses.
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Kubota UK appoints two new dealer managers
Kubota has appointed two new dealer managers in the groundcare and parts business units.
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Capillary Concrete receives praise for state of bunkers during wet weather
The recent wet weather has highlighted the benefits of lining bunkers with a quality and proven product such as Capillary Concrete.
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SISIS TM1000 tackles thatch at Normanby Hall Golf Club
Head greenkeeper Michael Burgin has reported hugely successful results from using the SISIS TM1000 tractor mounted heavy duty scarifier to combat high levels of thatch on the greens at Normanby Hall Golf Club.
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John Deere awards top apprentices
A total of 31 young service technicians have formally graduated from the latest John Deere Ag Tech and Turf Tech advanced apprenticeship programmes.
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Shrewsbury School invests in the Dennis PRO 34R
After a long-term search for the ultimate rotary mower, Andy Richards, grounds manager at Shrewsbury School, believes that he has finally found what he has been looking for in the Dennis PRO 34R.