The cement-based polymer material is the only sports base that moves water in two directions, ensuring it virtually eliminates wash-outs, soil contamination, plugged ball lies and other bunker maintenance problems.
Gleneagles has – until now – treated its three famous golf courses as separate entities with each having their own greenkeeping team. This has now changed. The duo talk about ‘One Team’ and Craig’s new role.
The golf industry lost one of its most respected figures in November 2018, when John Greasley lost his fight against cancer.
The STRI’s Stella Rixon argues that, before embarking on a quest to make greens faster, it is essential to understand the factors that affect green speed, what your target green speed might be and how to get there.
‘Working in conjunction with our research and technology partners, Aquatrols is launching novel microbial and soil biochemistry solutions for plant nutrition, water management and plant health.’
Mat is the managing director of Looe Golf Club in Cornwall. Designed by Harry Vardon, the course is set in an area of breath-taking beauty.
Amid pressure for the course to remain open at all times, how much does the winter weather of frost, rain, floods and snow affect golf greens’ drainage? Turfgrass agronomist Paul Woodham investigates.
The Chase Golf Club is one of the most picturesque courses in Staffordshire. We speaks to its course manager about how a grass exchange programme has reduced inputs and improved surface quality.
During BTME 2018 BIGGA revealed that the annual exhibition would be drastically transformed for 2019. A whole host of innovations and new offerings were coming. And now we know what they are.
Working at Hazel Grove Golf Club in Cheshire, Mike talks about how he improved the course’s bunkers with a limited number of staff and what he has done to provide mental health support to greenkeepers in the industry.
Paul is the head greenkeeper at Broadstone Golf Club in Dorset. The venue consistently features in top 100 lists of UK golf courses.
Golf is a year round sport, and players’ expectations (unrealistic as they may be) for quality playing surfaces, remain the same in the depths of winter as they are in the height of summer.
‘Cold seeding’ is overseeding in late autumn or early spring. The technique could help greenkeepers combat the loss of newly established plants as a result of cutting heights being reduced too soon after establishment.
Geoff is the course manager at Abridge Golf Club. The venue is set in 160 acres of parkland and offers breathtaking views of the Essex countryside.
The Buckinghamshire venue has created uniformity on a 27-hole layout that had experienced 100 years of tinkering, plus it has dealt with stone contamination in the bunkers.
Carnoustie hosted this year’s Open Championship amid sweltering conditions. GreenKeeping speaks to its links superintendent, Sandy Reid, to find out what they did.
If shade is causing problems for your turf, there is now a solution, writes Renata Mundim.
Craig Boath is the head greenkeeper at Carnoustie Golf Links.
Antony is the course manager at Romford GC in Essex. The Open qualifying venue was designed by James Braid and lies just 18 miles from the centre of London.
With chemical control of earthworms consigned to history, agronomist Emma Beggs looks at ways to reduce the problem of casts on sports surfaces.
As most people are experienced in mowing a lawn, there’s an assumption from many that all greenkeepers do is ‘cut grass’. This attitude displays deep ignorance of the know-how of the average greenkeeper, writes John Dempsey PhD.
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