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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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Court orders club to pay £150k over greenkeeper death
Golf clubs are being encouraged to check health and safety claims of their staff with previous employers after a Leicestershire club was ordered to pay £150k following the death of its course manager.
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Headland Amenity regime makes for improved conditions at Durham Country Cricket Club
Through a tried and tested combination of granular and soluble fertilisers, Durham County Cricket Club has sustained a strong, vibrant and healthy plant throughout the season.
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Tacit and Eagle have formed a powerful partnership
Two of the biggest suppliers to the UK golf industry have announced that they have formed a major partnership that both believe will benefit golf clubs throughout the world.
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A day in the life: Matthew Towler
Matthew is the course manager at Letchworth Golf Club in Hertfordshire.
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UK greenkeepers worked on PGA Championship
Two greenkeepers from Gleneagles, the Scottish hotel and sporting estate, were given the chance of a lifetime in the USA as part of the team that prepared the golf course for the closing Major of 2018: The PGA Championship.
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STRI Research trials begin
This year’s STRI Research event is seeing Bayer continuing its study into disease prevention in pursuit of the best programme for tackling microdochium patch.
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Greenkeeping in Oman, Asia
Jacobsen is making waves in Oman, with equipment being exclusively installed at three out of four golf clubs in Muscat, the capital. With less than 1,000 registered golfers in the country, competition is fierce to attract golfers to any one course.
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This woman has become the first female head greenkeeper in Wales
Lucy Sellick has been appointed head greenkeeper at Wenvoe Castle Golf Club – the first time ever that a Welsh golf club has employed a female head greenkeeper.
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DLF Seeds acquires major southern hemisphere seeds supplier
DLF Seeds has acquired PGG Wrightson Seeds. The combined business is being seen as a significant strategic leap towards a major global presence.
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How to achieve sustainable greenkeeping
The true definition of sustainable greenkeeping is to achieve the desired level of performance from our greens – but with minimal input. Agronomist Adam Newton champions the working smarter approach.
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Capillary Concrete and EcoBunker work together in Singapore
The Bukit course at Singapore Island Country Club (SICC), originally designed by Scottish legend James Braid in 1924, is the venue for a new partnership between two of the worldʼs leading bunker technology firms.
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True innovation with every Toro renovation
When Toro developed its irrigation strategy, one of the early thoughts was longevity, so, for example, Toro sprinklers dating all the way back to the 1960s are easily updated when clubs look to renovate their irrigation.
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Leaf collection made much easier with Trilo SU60’s say Wolverhampton Council
Four SU60 vacuum units from Trilo are the latest additions to fleet at the City of Wolverhampton Council, and have quickly made the momentous task of leaf collection that much easier.
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Meet the course manager: Overstone Park’s Lawrence Ryan
The Northants club was sold last year and its course manager talks about a forthcoming bunker reduction programme thanks to new an investment from the new owner.
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Amenity Forum ‘very surprised’ by glyphosate ruling
An independent body that represents the amenity horticulture sector has said it is ‘very surprised’ by a decision by a US jury that found that chemical giant Monsanto knew its Roundup weedkillers were dangerous.