For the first time in four years, the players at Warrenpoint Golf Club are going into the winter on main greens, thanks to an extensive aeration programme introduced by head greenkeeper Matt Purcell.
With over 55 years of manufacturing exceptional golf course maintenance equipment, Smithco is proud of its excellent customer service and its commitment to providing the best turf equipment on the market.
Assisting The Club Company is the technical team from Origin Amenity Solutions who, from conducting in-depth soil-sampling, have helped in the tailoring of the renovation and nutritional requirements of 270 greens.
Turfco designs and builds equipment that increases productivity, saving work hours while reducing fuel costs when operating on fine turf surfaces.
Nairn Golf Club, in the Scottish Highlands, is a majestic links course that nestles on the shores of the Moray Firth.
Even though your irrigation system is unlikely to be used at this time of year, it is actually the perfect time to carry out essential irrigation tasks, writes John Kidson.
The Kinderlou Forest course in Georgia, USA has installed the Capillary Bunkers liner system in a quest to make better use of its course maintenance labour resource.
Soil surfactants, wetting agents, penetrants and wetters. These are all different names for the same thing, or are they? Are they worth the cost and bother of having to apply them? Dr John Dempsey gives his analysis.
From Hayston Golf Club in Glasgow, Alan talks about what he enjoys most about the job and how the team brushes the course’s greens.
J Premier Pitch is a 100% perennial ryegrass mixture featuring cultivars that provide high shoot density, rapid recovery and a camera-friendly finish even under intense wear.
The course manager at Gillingham Golf Club in Kent, which was laid out by James Braid in 1919 and constructed by the army, takes us through his average day.
As a repeat Otterbine customer, The Hurlingham Club in London has turned again to the pond and lake aeration specialist for three new machines to tackle water quality problems in its lake.
A Trilo S4 is proving that multi-functional machinery doesn’t have to mean compromised performance for the team at Calcot Park Golf Club.
The Turfco Torrent 2 is a powerful all-purpose blower designed with significant input from golf course, grounds and turf managers.
Stuart, the co-owner of Dunstanburgh Castle Golf Course in Northumberland, talks about this dual role, how the current cost of living crisis is affecting the club and the products he uses to maintain his golf course.
Customer experience is the priority for five-star holiday park Three Cliffs Bay, which is why it has chosen three battery-powered utility vehicles from STAR EV to ensure the quiet and clean operation of its site.
The new EK1 Series from Escorts-Kubota combines simple operation and powerful performance in a new compact entry-level package.
ATV Contract Services decided the time was right to purchase its own machine and went for the most robust model they could find – the Stoneburier from GKB Machines.
Demand for a new generation of amenity tetraploid perennial ryegrass is high at the moment, particularly due to its tolerance to stress. Origin Amenity Solutions explains what it is and why it is extraordinary.
Origin Amenity Solutions has seen an overwhelmingly positive response to its free irrigation demonstration day events, which have been held at golf clubs throughout the UK since August 2022.
All-electric ride-on power arrives in East Anglia for the first time as Sheringham Golf Course becomes the first club in the area to purchase Toro’s all-electric eTriFlex 3370 riding greensmower.
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