How to renovate your turf surfaces following the hot summer
Peter Corbett and Noel Mackenzie from Rigby Taylor explore how greenkeepers can renovate and protect their turf surfaces following the hot and dry conditions experienced this summer.
Peter Corbett and Noel Mackenzie from Rigby Taylor explore how greenkeepers can renovate and protect their turf surfaces following the hot and dry conditions experienced this summer.
Toro brings out new EdgeMax bedknives to bring a crisper cut and less wear to Toro greens and fairway mowers.
Weeks of high temperatures in June and July turned golf courses brown and while there was not much to be done to counteract it, lakes and ponds can be prevented from becoming stagnate as long as they are well aerated.
The British & International Golf Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA) has revealed the improvements to the annual BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition (BTME).
Golf clubs are being encouraged to check health and safety claims of their staff with previous employers after a Leicestershire club was ordered to pay £150k following the death of its course manager.
Through a tried and tested combination of granular and soluble fertilisers, Durham County Cricket Club has sustained a strong, vibrant and healthy plant throughout the season.
Two of the biggest suppliers to the UK golf industry have announced that they have formed a major partnership that both believe will benefit golf clubs throughout the world.
Matthew is the course manager at Letchworth Golf Club in Hertfordshire.
Two greenkeepers from Gleneagles, the Scottish hotel and sporting estate, were given the chance of a lifetime in the USA as part of the team that prepared the golf course for the closing Major of 2018: The PGA Championship.
This year’s STRI Research event is seeing Bayer continuing its study into disease prevention in pursuit of the best programme for tackling microdochium patch.
Jacobsen is making waves in Oman, with equipment being exclusively installed at three out of four golf clubs in Muscat, the capital. With less than 1,000 registered golfers in the country, competition is fierce to attract golfers to any one course.
Lucy Sellick has been appointed head greenkeeper at Wenvoe Castle Golf Club – the first time ever that a Welsh golf club has employed a female head greenkeeper.
DLF Seeds has acquired PGG Wrightson Seeds. The combined business is being seen as a significant strategic leap towards a major global presence.
The true definition of sustainable greenkeeping is to achieve the desired level of performance from our greens – but with minimal input. Agronomist Adam Newton champions the working smarter approach.
The Bukit course at Singapore Island Country Club (SICC), originally designed by Scottish legend James Braid in 1924, is the venue for a new partnership between two of the worldʼs leading bunker technology firms.
When Toro developed its irrigation strategy, one of the early thoughts was longevity, so, for example, Toro sprinklers dating all the way back to the 1960s are easily updated when clubs look to renovate their irrigation.
Four SU60 vacuum units from Trilo are the latest additions to fleet at the City of Wolverhampton Council, and have quickly made the momentous task of leaf collection that much easier.
The Northants club was sold last year and its course manager talks about a forthcoming bunker reduction programme thanks to new an investment from the new owner.
An independent body that represents the amenity horticulture sector has said it is ‘very surprised’ by a decision by a US jury that found that chemical giant Monsanto knew its Roundup weedkillers were dangerous.
Sittingbourne and Milton Regis Golf Club in Kent has remodelled its bunkers, utilising Durabunker’s synthetic edge and liner products along with its design and construction services.
Ten new machines are scoring ten out of ten for results on the ‘Long’ and ‘Short’ courses at North Foreland Golf Club in Kent.