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Inaugural Tacit Freshman Tournament

Tacit, the largest and most prestigious golf course equipment manufacturer in the UK and Ireland are hosting a series of golf days across the UK and Ireland specifically for Deputy Course Mangers and a Member of the Committee in a pair’s competition. Tacit, always forward thinking in their outlook are encouraging the professional development of […]

Kingsbarns Golf Links Set For New Season

As Kingsbarns Golf Links prepares to host this year’s Ricoh Women’s British Open from the 3 – 6 August, the renowned European Tour venue has released details of a series of changes which have taken place both on and off the course. The North East Fife course, which co-hosts the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, will […]

John Moverley Reacts To The Trigger Of Article 50

The events about the triggering of Article 50 have been numerous and have kept and will keep the media busy. In both the run up to the vote, and indeed after it, there were and have been varying statements of optimism and doom and gloom. . However, as I write, Article 50 has been triggered […]

The problem with progress

Article written by Henry Bechelet When we conducted a survey of golf greenkeepers from the North of England on the subject of getting the greens ready in the spring, it became clear that there is a big difference between what the greenkeepers thought was reasonable and what the golfers were actually expecting. The greenkeepers said […]

GGM And Kubota Celebrate 40 Year Partnership

Exciting celebration event marks new Kubota coverage across the North West. Leading groundcare machinery specialist Gibson’s Garden Machinery Ltd, have officially opened a new North West depot, as it celebrates a 40 year partnership with top manufacturer Kubota. The new depot will allow GGM to increase their Kubota area coverage and expand their operations across […]

Winning Combination For Brickendon Grange

Team effort by manufacturer, dealer and distributor Brickendon Grange, near Hertford, has been a loyal Toro customer for over 30 years and the club’s latest machinery investment is a reflection of not only the machines’ enduring quality and efficiency, but of the “added extras” that come with working with Toro distributor Reesink Turfcare and local […]

Increasing Awareness

At its conference last October, the Amenity Forum launched its GetMoving campaign. This seeks to improve awareness of how important and essential weed, pest and disease management is for maintaining safe, healthy and fit for purpose amenity spaces. It impacts upon every UK citizen in all their daily lives. The first stage was development of […]

Sweden Gets First Taste of SISGrass

Sweden has had its first taste of the revolutionary SISGrass hybrid system following the turfing of the Gamla Ullevi football stadium in Gothenburg. Premier Pitches removed the pitch and SIS installed the turf in two days. Despite the inclement weather, the laser-guided installation was completed for handover in just eight days this March, and now […]

Ventrac Goes on Tour

Price Turfcare, the newly established business founded by Ransomes Jacobsen’s former International Sales Director, Rupert Price, has been promoting the product with a series of demonstration tours in the South East of England and across the Midlands. The first venue was at a private school south of the Thames, followed quickly by a trip up […]

Investigation Under Way After Greenkeepers’ Shed Is Targeted

A greenkeepers’ shed at a county golf club was broken into on Sunday night. Police are appealing for witnesses after the shed at Musselburgh Golf Club was targeted at about 10.30pm. Although nothing was stolen, damage was caused to the doors of the shed and the alarm was activated. Police believe it may be linked […]