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Sean Brocklehurst – my journey, mentorship and leading the team at South Herts Golf Club
South Herts course manager Sean Brocklehurst discusses the reality of greenkeeping in 2026 — from managing record-breaking weather patterns and anthracnose to deploying robot fairways mowers and building an onsite reservoir for long-term sustainability.
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Ipswich Golf Club signs new deal with Ransomes Jacobsen
Ipswich Golf Club has signed a fourth five-year exclusive supplier agreement with turf equipment manufacturer, Ransomes Jacobsen. Local dealer, Bartram mowers, supplies the machinery at Ipswich Golf Club.
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Rigby Taylor signs 3-year amenity deal with Framlingham College
Clive Liddiard, from Framlingham College in Suffolk, has signed a three-year preferred supplier deal with Rigby Taylor for all the amenity supplies that he and his team of eight groundsmen will need.
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Nelson Golf Club: ‘We can aerate without golfers noticing’
Head greenkeeper Gary McKie, at Nelson Golf Club in Lancashire, had a very specific reason for choosing a Wiedenmann Terra Spike GXi8 HD this April.
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Dudsbury Golf Club’s five-year programme to rebuild all its bunkers
Dudsbury Golf Club, in the Ferndown area of Bournemouth, is in the middle of a five year programme to rebuild all of its bunkers using the EcoBunker artificial edging solution.
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Accountant who switched to greenkeeping aged 42 wins 2018 award
A man who decided to give up a career in both accountancy and mortgage brokerage in his 40s to become a greenkeeper has won the SRUC Elmwood’s annual John Deere HNC Student of the Year Award.
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How Carnoustie’s greenkeepers overcame the dry weather this summer
Sandy Reid, links superintendent at Carnoustie Golf Links, was met with an unusual set of circumstances in the lead up to, and during, this year’s Open Championship.
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The Amenity Forum annual conference takes place on October 9
The Amenity Forum ‘annual conference and exhibition’ – a must attend event for all involved in, or with an interest in, all aspects of the management of amenity spaces, is to take place on Tuesday, October 9.
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Meet the golf course manager: Simon Olver
Four years ago Whitley Bay Golf Club began a journey to create a financially sustainable and responsibly managed golf course. We look at what the plan entails, how it is being achieved and what progress has so far been made.
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The versatility of compact tractors
We look at why two models are so popular with greenkeepers at the moment.
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Toro introduces four new finance schemes
Reesink Turfcare’s four Toro finance schemes offering ten ways to pay launched last year and were so successful they’re back again.
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A day in the life: Dale Housden
Dale is the course manager at Hollywood Golf Club near Birmingham. The course is laid out in a valley and has twin streams running through it.
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Product review: The SISIS Veemo MK 2 scarifier
The SISIS Veemo MK 2 is a tractor-mounted scarifier used for removing thatch from large areas of turf, such as golf course fairways.
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What aeration and overseeding practices should we deploy this autumn?
Now that the summer is over, greenkeepers are working harder than ever to deal with the ramifications of such a prolonged dry period.
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New greenkeeping director for St Andrews
St Andrews Links – the ‘Home of Golf’ – has appointed Sandy Reid as its new director of greenkeeping, one of the most prestigious roles in golf course management in the world.
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New fountains and sprinklers for John O’Gaunt Golf Club
When it was time for a refresh at Bedfordshire’s John O’Gaunt Golf Club, the fourth hole on the John O’Gaunt course was enhanced by a massive lake with two Otterbine fountains and eight Toro Infinity sprinklers.



