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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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Germinal updates its Grade A perennial ryegrass seed mixture for golf tees
Germinal has updated its Grade A perennial ryegrass seed mixture for golf tees by upping the percentage of Cabrio Ultra Fine Ryegrass to give even greater fineness of leaf. The revised ‘A5 Cricket, Tennis and Tees’ mixture has moved from a blend of three perennial ryegrasses (45 percent Escapade, 35 percent Cabrio, 20 percent EuroCordus)…
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Work starts on £4.5m new golf course development
Royal Norwich Golf Club has started work on the £4.5 million redevelopment of land nearly eight miles away in Lenwade, where it will relocate. The site is being redeveloped into what it claims will be one of the region’s outstanding golf venues featuring an 18-hole championship course, an academy course and work on a new…
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Polo club explains its grounds maintenance programme
Beaufort Polo Club in Tetbury is the foremost centre for the development of polo in the Cotswolds. With 90 acres of fields and grassed areas and just a small team around him, head groundsman Wlodek Sterkowicz needs a maintenance regime that’s simple but that can cope with the demanding conditions that polo brings. It all…
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Wells Park School launches new farm
Pupils at Wells Park School, a residential primary school for five to 11 year olds with social, emotional and mental health difficulties, are transforming an area of land into a brand new farm with the help of a compact tractor donated by machinery giant Kubota UK. This exciting new initiative is part of the school’s…
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Hartfield Golf Club members happy with course improvements
Hartfield Golf Club, located in Australia, has seen drastic improvements on the course after purchasing a range of machinery from Jacobsen. Delivery was made by local Jacobsen dealer McIntosh & Son. Nick Kinley is the course superintendent at Hartfield Golf Club having joined three and a half years ago from Mount Lawley Golf Club in…
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Montrose Links to crowdfund for £5m to stop course falling into the sea
One of the oldest golf clubs in the world is set to crowdfund for £5 million to stop the course falling into the sea. The 455-year-old Montrose Golf Links wants to install rock armour alongside three of its seaside holes. Failure to find a solution would mean amalgamating the 18-hole course with the second one…
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Ewence named new course manager at Woking Golf Club
Woking Golf Club in Surrey has appointed Andy Ewence, currently course manager at The Buckinghamshire GC, as its new course manager. Andy comes in at an exciting time for the club with progressive developments planned for the historic course over the coming years. Richard Pennell, secretary, Woking GC, said: “We are fortunate to welcome someone…
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Why deep aeration could benefit your golf course
Lack of rainfall to date across many parts of the country is resulting in grass areas on the golf course, sports pitches, parks, amenity areas and domestic gardens being in real danger of drying out. Watering will help in the short term but water shortages could add to the problem. Conversely, heavy downpours on compacted…
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‘Our Trilo S3 is a revelation’
The Trilo S3 vacuum sweeper is a versatile and adaptable machine to easily collect grass clippings, leaves and litter and finds a natural home on the golf course. Suitable for year-round use, the S3 was designed in direct response to industry demands for a light-weight unit working at a respectable 1.5m width. At only 1200kg…
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EcoCombi 150 helps Wildlife Trust make light work of chipping and shredding
The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales (WTSWW) is one of 47 wildlife trusts across the UK. To help power a biomass boiler which heats the visitor centre, the trust invested in an EcoCombi 150 chipper/shredder from GreenMech. Formed in 2002, and the fourth largest in area, WTSWW looks after just under 100 nature…
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Jacobsen provided support at the HNA Open de France
Jacobsen provided tournament support to the greenkeeping team at Le Golf National on the outskirts of Paris, during the HNA Open de France tournament being held in June and July. Technical staff from Ransomes Jacobsen in Ipswich assisted staff based at Ransomes Jacobsen France (RJF) in Toulouse throughout the competition. In 2016, Le Golf National…
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Here are the greenkeepers who will ensure Royal Birkdale is a great Open
The fairways are divoted, the greens double cut and the bunkers will be raked to perfection. This week Royal Birkdale will host the Open for the 10th time, taking it to joint second in the list of most used venues on the current Open rota. As the world’s most prestigious golf tournament arrives in Lancashire,…
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US greenkeeping salaries are rising
The average annual salary of an American golf course manager (superintendent) is now more than $89,000 (£70,000). The average salary and additional data come from the latest biennial Compensation and Benefits Report from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). The 2017 report showed that the $89,189 average salary was an increase of 4.7…
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Positive feedback for renovated Stoke Park course
Members and visitors have given the ‘thumbs up’ to the recently re-opened golf course at Stoke Park Country Club, Spa & Hotel in Bucks. The second loop of nine holes – the Alison course – had been shut throughout the winter while remedial work took place as part of a three-year renovation project for the…
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Lancaster GC chooses Wiedenmann duo for rough management
One of Lancashire’s finest venues, the Lancaster Golf Club, has opted for a Wiedenmann Terra Rake and a Wiedenmann Super 500. The James Braid designed course, coveted for its wide fairways and spectacular 18th hole, is about to embark on a major rough management programme. Carl Hamlett, course mManager, said: “We’ve many undulations and traditional…