November definitely brought some challenging working conditions for the golf course management community and during this wet period Htn has been busy supporting course managers across the UK.
Tom Bailey, area sales manager at RT Machinery, has won Price Turfcare’s Dealer Sales Achievement award and has been presented with £300 worth of store vouchers in appreciation of his efforts.
Ufford Park Woodbridge Hotel, Golf and Spa in Suffolk has seen a nearly 25 per cent rise in bird species that live at the venue in just eight years, according to a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) survey.
Europe’s largest provider of grounds maintenance and landscape construction services, id verde, has signed a contract with The Toro Company.
Autumn Green BiO fertiliser – a new 3-0-12+8Fe+6CaO+2MgO micro granular formulation – ‘improved disease resistance, rapid green-up and extended (two-three months) colour’.
Aeration is a key process to improve drainage, reduce turf compaction and thatch build up. With three models in the SISIS range, the Multislit, Maxislit and Megaslit are deep slitters which offer deep, clean penetration with minimal surface disturbance.
Robin Hood Golf Club in Solihull has come on board as a Toro fleet customer for the first time as course manager Luke Dennis attests to Toro outperforming other brands across the UK and beyond.
Founded as a members’ club in 1787, Glasgow Golf Club is proud of its heritage as the ninth oldest golf club in the world.
Autumn Green BiO is a new (3-0-12+8Fe+6CaO+2MgO) micro granular formulation with the addition of a BiO Pack and Zeolite.
A charity that supports people in horticulture is offering struggling greenkeepers up to £100-worth of supermarket vouchers to help with Christmas this year.
Germinal has gained exclusive European distribution rights for new browntop bentgrass cultivar, Musket, and the new variety will be included in the company’s range of seed mixtures in 2020.
The course manager at Canons Brook Golf Club in Essex takes us through his average day.
Bunker renovation can be costly and the design life of a bunker is usually five to seven years. However, according to Richard Allen, the life expectancy can be considerably, and affordably, extended if just a few principles in the design stage are adhered to.
Many golf clubs across the UK have irrigation systems that are just not working to their optimal abilities. This doesn’t necessarily mean the irrigation systems are inadequate; in many instances they may just need some fine-tuning.
Another three golf clubs, one in Scotland, one in Yorkshire and one in Norfolk, have announced they will close down by the end of this year.
Constructed around one of the highest points in the area, Cornwall’s Looe Golf Club enjoys panoramic views across the peaks of Dartmoor and the English Channel.
Versatility is a long-cited reason for many Toro machinery purchases, and that’s certainly the reason for The Mere Golf Resort’s decision to opt for the ProLine H800 in its latest Toro fleet deal which sees the brand’s relationship with the club reach 30 years.
Less that 2% of greenkeepers in the UK are women. However, there is growing female interest in the profession and there are women like Telma Granja, who leads an all-male team of 11 greenkeepers at a Portuguese golf course that’s 2,200 feet above sea level.
Waterlooville Golf Club, an England Golf championship venue in Hampshire, recently became the latest course to commission Durabunker to carry out a complete renovation of all its bunkers.
To support its continued expansion, MTD Specialty Turf Products has announced the appointment of Oliver Hall into the territory sales team.
Andy Garland, course manager at Hertfordshire’s Centurion Club, is working on improving course-wide surface drainage with a little help from his new Verti-Drain 7521.
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