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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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Why the SISIS Javelin Aer-Aid 1500 increases the speed of aeration
The patented SISIS Javelin Aer-Aid 1500 machine greatly increases the speed of the aeration process by directly injection air into the rootzone at a fast working rate, creating thousands of fissures.
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Preventative fungicide treatments excel in STRI research trials
Recent STRI research trials prove that preventative disease control programmes outperform curative options when analysed for turf quality, colour and presence of microdochium patch.
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BASIS celebrates its 40th anniversary
Standard setting, training and auditing organisation, BASIS Registration is celebrating its 40th year of service to agricultural and related industries throughout 2018.
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Dunbar GC finds BLEC Multiseeder creates minimum disruption to course
The 18-hole links recently took delivery of a BLEC Multiseeder, allowing the greenkeeping team to increase the frequency of overseeding whilst leaving minimal disruption on the greens.
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How Thorpeness Golf Club replaced its course machinery after a fire
A massive fire in January 2015 saw Suffolk’s Thorpeness Golf Club lose all of its equipment – valued at £355,000. For course manager of 22 years Ian Willett, the replacement of his fleet has been gradual…
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Headingley takes delivery of Cub Cadet INFINICUT® mowers
Cub Cadet INFINICUT® mowers make it a ‘first’ for Emerald Headingley Stadium in Leeds. The INFINICUT® purchase is a ‘first’ for a rugby club in the UK.
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Why this machine could benefit your golf course
This summer many courses discovered that plant cell enzymes had been destroyed by the prolonged hot weather. As one club found, a solution is a turf fan.
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Huntercombe Golf Club replaces its irrigation system with Toro
Huntercombe Golf Club has replaced its irrigation system with Toro because according to course manager Grant Stewart “it’s the best on the market” for covering compact tees and vast greens.
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What pump is best for dispensing for petrol?
You’ve decided what size petrol tank you want but what pump is best for dispensing? This guide attempts to answer that question.
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New ‘Innovation Hub’ at SALTEX
New for 2018, SALTEX visitors can expect to see and experience the very latest groundscare ingenuity in a new area on the show floor which is purely dedicated to innovation and new concepts in grounds management.
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Italian agronomist joins Golf Business International
The Italian Golf Federation’s consulting agronomist and ecology officer, Stefano Boni, has joined the not-for-profit Golf Business International.
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Vertical drainage system to benefit Wandsworth Common
A revolutionary vertical drainage system is set to assist with reducing Wandsworth Council’s perennial misery of cancelled football games due to waterlogged playing surfaces on its Wandsworth Common pitches.
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What can golf courses do to prevent disease this autumn?
The low rainfall and high temperatures this summer has meant that turf is even more susceptible to disease this autumn than normal. Bayer technical manager Dr Colin Mumford reports.
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Germinal launches new website
The amenity website makes selecting the most appropriate golf grass seed mixtures, fertilisers and wildflowers a doddle.
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Lignano Golf Club installs Aqua Edge synthetic lake edging system
The Italian club has installed the EcoBunker system to replace rotten 20-year-old piles that previously formed the edge of the course’s water features.



