Craigielaw Golf Club has underlined its long-term commitment to delivering championship-quality playing conditions with a significant new investment in Toro turfcare equipment and the support services of distributor Reesink Turfcare’s ReeAssure Gold package.

As the Portugal Invitational brings PGA Tour Champions golf to Europe for the first time, official partner Kress is using the occasion to show how autonomous electric mowing technology is quietly transforming the way the world’s top courses are maintained.

Groundsman Matthew Jordan relies on a tried-and-tested OAS programme – from R9 ryegrass to a targeted nutrition plan – to maintain 10 grass courts through an intensive season of tournaments and daily play at Cromer Lawn Tennis & Squash Association.

Head groundsman Adam Stunt has relied on MM50 perennial ryegrass for 16 years to keep Rye Lawn Tennis Club’s eight grass courts in top condition – including through a gruelling summer tournament season that pushes surfaces to their limits.

Nick Phillips, Head of Playing Surfaces at Tottenham Hotspur, has moved the club away from fungicide and nitrogen dependency towards a soil biology-focused renovation programme – with Agrovista Amenity products central to the approach.

Turfco says the WideSpin 1550 topdresser eliminates the mechanical tweaks, overlapping runs and setting checks that slow crews down – offering on-the-fly width and rate adjustment, nine programmable presets and the ability to cover greens, approaches and tees in a single pass.

Rowlands Castle Golf Club course manager Kevin Hensman had dreamed of robotic mowing for years – now, just months after introducing Kress machines, he says they are an absolute game changer for his five-strong team and their 18 fairways.