Used by many leading golf courses and sports venues – the ThetaKit enables fast, easy, precise soil moisture measurement. It allows turf moisture to be accurately monitored and potential irrigation problems to be addressed before deterioration of the playing surface
2018 dates for Reesink Turfcare’s industry-leading courses have been announced. For the first time the guide is accessible online only, with bookings taking place now. Bringing the same extensive range of industry-leading courses and levels of training as it does
A greenkeeping team brought a green back into play in less than one week after it was attacked by vandals recently. The seventh green at Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club was targeted in what club officials are calling a ‘mindless
Chris King has landed the job of head greenkeeper at Dunston Hall in Norwich, straight from school – but he is certainly the right man for the job. King, 40, left a second stint as head of grounds at Town
Welsh based company Durabunker recently completed the first phase of a major bunker renovation at world ‘Top 100’ venue The Club at Nine Bridges on Jeju Island in South Korea, in preparation for the first ever PGA Tour event played
You may be thinking that John Ledwidge, groundsmanager at the King Power Stadium, has achieved ‘pitch perfection’ with the immaculately striped pitch he is now renowned for. However, John is always looking for the tool or technique to help them
Designed specifically for watering smaller golf course areas such as tee boxes and compact greens, the new 500/550 Series rotors are the only valve-in-head golf course rotors on the market offering a radius of 8.5 to 14.3 metres. Available now,
With over 50 games a season taking place at the Huish Park Stadium, Yeovil Town FC’s head of grounds Richard Allsworth believes that his new Dennis G860 is the ideal mower to maintain such a heavily used pitch. Richard has
Macdonald Cardrona Hotel, Golf & Spa, Peebles, near Edinburgh, has completed a £90,000 project to renovate the bunkers on the 6,856 yard, par 72 layout. The work has meant the bunkers now drain much better than they previously did. In
Bowood’s championship golf course near Chippenham is set in 2,000 acres of glorious parkland and is renowned as one of the finest courses in Wiltshire. To introduce some biodiversity into the greens, course manager Jaey Goodchild began an all bents
Lister Wilder, a Kubota groundcare and construction dealer, has been announced as this year’s biggest UK ‘MOW-team’ supporting The Movember Foundation, with more than 60 members of staff donning great moustaches to raise funds for the men’s health charity. Including
Yay Tagon Taung Golf Resort, located about 30 minutes’ drive east of Mandalay in Myanmar (formerly Burma), has taken delivery of yet more Jacobsen machinery after serving as a loyal customer for more than 20 years. Mr Thant Zin Oo
The Duke Golf Club, an exclusive members-only club located in Nistelrode, Holland, has invested in 15 E-Z-GO RXV ELiTE golf cars with Textron Fleet Management GPS (TFM GPS). Local dealer Van der Pols made the delivery. Marcel Arts has been
Hogs Head Golf Club, a brand-new course located in County Kerry, Ireland, has chosen equipment from Textron Golf (Jacobsen®, E-Z-GO® and Cushman®) to maintain its surfaces. The course replaces Skellig Bay Golf Club and has been built in the picturesque
The British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA) has unveiled what it calls the most extensive education programme for the turf industry in Europe. Continue to Learn at BTME 2018 will feature more than 250 hours of education with guest
The company that bought the ClearWater wash system is launching credit options for golf clubs for the first time. Acumen Waste Services, which bought the brand from Highspeed earlier this year, said golf clubs will be able to spread payments
Any machinery that can save labour and time is a welcome investment for any club, especially the Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club in Kent, which has such a packed schedule of maintenance and play. In March this year it took
Aeration is a key process to improve drainage, reduce turf compaction and thatch build up. With three models in the SISIS range, with different working widths and varying maximum depths to suit any tractor and most applications – the Multislit,
Mulchrone Brothers is gaining significant traction in the west Ireland groundcare market following the recent extension of its partnership with industry-leading manufacturer, Kubota UK. Over the last 40 years, the family dealership has been an established name throughout the mid-western
Castle Stuart Golf Links in Scotland has appointed James Hutchison as its new head greenkeeper. James, who joined Castle Stuart as a greenkeeper during its construction in 2007, has been deputy course manager since the four-time Scottish Open venue opened
Greenkeepers can get their hands on a comprehensive guide to help them manage microdochium patch, the notorious disease that occurs on over 90 per cent of UK golf courses. Dr Colin Mumford, Bayer technical manager, explains that all aspects of
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