Machinery profile: The Dennis Razor Ultra 560
The Dennis Razor Ultra 560’s development was fine-tuned using feedback from greenkeepers following ‘out in the field tests’ and was the first product which utilised the company’s CAD system back in 2009.
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The Glasgow Academy takes delivery of a Verti-Drain® 7521
With a fleet of natural and synthetic machinery from Charterhouse Turf Machinery, head groundsman Robert Cheape is well equipped to maintain the four separate sites that make up The Glasgow Academy.
The improvement in surface quality at Exeter’s County Ground
Delivering the strongest coverage, density and recovery head groundsman Andy Ellett has seen in his 13 seasons at the club, J Nitro Premier Wicket is taking the quality of Exeter’s County Ground to new levels.
Headland Amenity has a comprehensive collection of selective herbicides
As temperatures rise and new season growth commences, as does the ingress of many unwelcome weed species appearing in amenity and professional lawncare situations.
Do we aerate or apply fertiliser?
For Bob Hayton, grounds chairman at Maidstone Rugby, deciding whether to aerate or apply fertiliser, or to delay either for a few days, can make all the difference to successful pitch care.
How to utilise soil biology to minimise excessive thatch
Excessive thatch has ruined many a golfer’s perfect round. Kelly-Marie Clack discusses this issue and offers an insight into how the soil biology can be utilised and correctly managed to improve conditions.
Meet the golf course manager: Peter Bradburn
The course and grounds manager at Roehampton Club in London talks about maintaining a prestigious course during the Covid-19 lockdown, the environmental work the club has carried out in recent years and why he still loves being a greenkeeper after three decades in the job.
Machinery profile: The GKB Sandfiller
GKB Machines, the company behind sustainable, reliable and robust maintenance machinery for natural, synthetic and hybrid turf, is offering the possibility to remove organic matter and sand-fill in just one simple and efficient operation, thanks to the GKB Sandfiller.
Who can conquer Augusta in November?
Augusta National Golf Course is one of the most spectacular golf courses in the world. We are used to seeing the Georgia course in April, at the height of spring, however, the 2020 US Masters is set to take place in November.
Q&A with Stewart Duff, courses manager at Gullane Golf Club
The course manager at Gullane since 2006 details how he improves the smoothness of the ball roll across the green and increases the greens speed without damaging the grass.
What should greenkeepers do now that they’re back working again?
After two months of lockdown, most greenkeepers are back maintaining golf courses. But what safety procedures should they now follow, and what damage has been made to the course with limited maintenance work done to it in April and May? Noel MacKenzie reports.
A day in the life: Darren Moxham
The course manager at Saltford Golf Club, a 116-year-old venue located between Bristol and Bath, takes us through what his average day was like during the lockdown.
A look at the latest golf course machinery mowers
Three of the industry’s main suppliers of course machinery to golf clubs have been adapting their products so they are more efficient for greenkeepers.
A day in the life: John Cunningham
The head greenkeeper at Isle of Skye Golf Club, the seaside nine-hole venue that is the only one in the world to have its holes named in Gaelic, takes us through his average day.
Golf course mower efficiency: An overview of leading products
Three of the industry’s main suppliers of course machinery to golf clubs have been adapting their products so they are more efficient for greenkeepers.
Profile of a golf club during the lockdown: Longniddry
Longniddry in East Lothian has furloughed staff, cancelled events, negotiated payment holidays for services and, thanks to course maintenance prioritising, is looking forward to the resumption of golf with some optimism.
Meet the golf course manager: Gary Rowe
With all but two of the greenkeeping team furloughed during April, Gary Rowe, course manager at Banstead Downs Golf Club, details how the club has adapted to life against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, plus how the course drastically improved irrigation efficiency.
Ventrac – It’s the greenkeeper’s Swiss army knife
The course manager who owns a Ventrac 4500 compact tractor really does possess the industry’s equivalent of the Swiss army knife as this robust and deceptively powerful 24.9hp machine is so versatile.
A day in the life: John Cunningham
The head greenkeeper at Isle of Skye Golf Club, the seaside nine-hole venue that’s the only one in the world to have its holes named in Gaelic, takes us through his average day.
A day in the life: James Williams
The course manager at Oake Manor Golf Club in Somerset, a venue that offers an 18-hole course, a nine-hole course and a practice area, takes us through his average day.
Meet the golf course estate manager: David Fraser
The head greenkeeper – and now estate manager of Mortonhall Golf Club takes us through the challenges involved in maintaining one of Scotland’s premier golfing venues, located hundreds of feet above sea level.
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