“This is a wonderful place to play a round of golf”
The course manager at Ross on Wye Golf Club in Herefordshire, Dylan Stokes, talks about maintaining the course and how and why his team undertook a complete bunker renovation project.
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Chart Hills carries out extensive refurbishments
The second phase of a major renovation project at Chart Hills Golf Club in Kent is now under way, as the club continues with its significant multi-year investment.
Dudsbury golf course to close next year
The golf course at Dudsbury Golf Club, Hotel & Spa in Dorset is to close next year, its owner has revealed.
Aphrodite Hills is testing bunker renovations
A new six-hole par three academy course at Aphrodite Hills in Cyprus is serving as a test site for a proposed bunker renovation on the resort’s main course.
“This machine is the course stalwart”
Ian Brawn, course manager at Worsley Park G&CC, part of Delta Hotels by Marriott, has been with Marriott for 18 years – but the club’s trusty Toro Groundsmaster 3500-D has been there even longer.
Yamaha reveals its 2024 line-up of golf cars
Yamaha has revealed its 2024 line-up of lightweight vehicles, which includes golf cars, light utility vehicles and personal transport vehicles, for the UK, and it is dominated by Lithium-Ion battery power.
Reesink Hydro-Scapes wins NSN Service Award
Reesink Hydro-Scapes has hit the ground running by winning the National Support Network (NSN) Service Award for 2022 in recognition of its outstanding service, training and support for UK Toro irrigation customers.
Pitch perfect
After struggling to keep coverage on the shaded area of the pitch, Morecambe Football Club embarked on the ‘Grow-In Renovation Programme’ from Origin Amenity Solutions and hasn’t looked back since.
Rolling immediately produces a smoother, truer surface
The effect of rolling will last on the green for up to 48 hours after the roll, leaving a residual effect and higher than ‘normal’ speeds, improving the standards of the playing surface, without requiring daily use of the roller.
Burnham Beeches takes a package of Ventrac equipment
Burnham Beeches Golf Club, located in the Thames Valley in south Buckinghamshire, 25 miles west of London, is the latest club to take a package of Ventrac equipment.
Kubota a hit with Harpenden Common Golf Club
Ask the team at Harpenden Common about their favourite and most adaptable pieces of equipment, and it’s Kubota that wins the day for both tractors and course utility vehicles.
The Bernhard Academy unveils education courses
The Bernhard Academy has unveiled its all-new programme of educational courses that are now available for booking at its three sites around the UK.
Greensmaster eFlex 1021 is in stock
Toro’s popular all-electric Greensmaster eFlex 1021, seen in action at The Open 2023, is back in stock and available for immediate delivery.
The R&A opens agronomy service to Europe
The R&A has expanded its Sustainable Agronomy Service to provide expertise and best practice advice to all levels of golf facilities in Europe, aiding in the effective management of courses.
How to prepare your irrigation system for winter
As you won’t be irrigating the course over winter, you don’t need to worry about the irrigation system until next spring, right? Wrong, says irrigation expert John Kidson.
Orsett Golf Club opts for Reesink’s lease hire model
A near 125-year history isn’t stopping Orsett Golf Club from eagerly looking towards the future.
Origin Amenity Solutions supports the Royal British Legion’s poppy appeal
Origin Amenity Solutions (OAS) has joined forces with a photographer and a grounds maintenance contractor to create a giant poppy in support of the Royal British Legion’s poppy appeal.
How Royal West Norfolk Golf Club maintains its course
Maintaining the 18-holes for the last 37 years is Gavin Playford, who is supported by a team of five.
Praise for the Progressive TDR-X contour mower
Less than a month after its delivery, the head groundsman at Framlingham College claimed the Progressive TDR-X contour mower exceeded the expectations of him and his team.
Golspie Golf Club tees up restoration works after major storm damage
A Scottish golf course that was famously hit by storm damage in 2012 and 2014, has been hit again, and is currently carrying out a clean-up operation.
Greenkeeping team praised for repair job
A golf course in the West Midlands has been vandalised after a car drove onto the venue and damaged a green and a fairway – but the greenkeeping team had the green back in play later the same morning.
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