The Italian Golf Federation’s consulting agronomist and ecology officer, Stefano Boni, has joined the not-for-profit Golf Business International.

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.

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.

The amenity website makes selecting the most appropriate golf grass seed mixtures, fertilisers and wildflowers a doddle.

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.

Peter Corbett and Noel Mackenzie from Rigby Taylor explore how greenkeepers can renovate and protect their turf surfaces following the hot and dry conditions experienced this summer.

Toro brings out new EdgeMax bedknives to bring a crisper cut and less wear to Toro greens and fairway mowers.

Weeks of high temperatures in June and July turned golf courses brown and while there was not much to be done to counteract it, lakes and ponds can be prevented from becoming stagnate as long as they are well aerated.

The British & International Golf Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA) has revealed the improvements to the annual BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition (BTME).

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.

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.

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.

Matthew is the course manager at Letchworth Golf Club in Hertfordshire.

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.

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.