Newmachar Golf Club turns to Toro: A premier destination for golf in North East Scotland, Newmachar Golf Club has turned to Toro to level up its two historic – but very different – courses. 

As Newmachar’s Course Manager, Christopher Lamb, notes, this variety requires a strategic and dynamic greenkeeping approach: “What’s interesting about our Hawkshill and Swailend courses is that, although they’re right next to each other, they’re completely different – both in terms of their topography and what they’re like to play on.

Newmachar Golf Club turns to Toro

“For us as greenkeepers, this represents a unique challenge,” he adds. “We have to work as efficiently as possible, which is why we’ve brought in a huge new fleet of 24 Toro machines to ensure we’re covering each course’s unique maintenance needs.”

Recently ranked as one of the Top 100 Scottish golf clubs by Today’s Golfer, Newmachar’s Hawkshill Championship Course and Swailend Course were designed by renowned architect Dave Thomas and built during the 1990s. 

One of the toughest courses in the area, Hawkshill is an idyllic heathland course with USGA specification greens; while Swailend, a birch- and pine-heavy parkland course built through farming land, is more forgiving – yet still a challenge.

Newmachar’s new fleet includes the ever popular Toro Greensmaster Triflex Hybrid 3420 and Toro Groundsmaster 4000-D, as well as lightweight fairway mowers, utility vehicles, renovation equipment, and a Toro Sand Pro 3040 bunker rake. In short, everything the club needs to maintain and enhance its two historic courses.

“Toro is renowned for its quality – how the machines are built and the quality of cut they deliver,” comments Christopher, who joined Newmachar as an apprentice in 2014 and has since worked his way up to course manager.

“But perhaps more importantly for us, they’re also dynamic in their useability, making them just as effective on a parkland course as on a heathland one. That’s something the team is really loving – and, for that, the Groundsmaster 4000-D in particular.

“We’ve all noticed significant improvements in the quality of cut, especially tee-side, and with Toro, you know you’re investing in a reliable, trusted brand. Without a shadow of a doubt, the new machines will be instrumental in not just maintaining the standard of play our members have come to expect, but also in making improvements to both courses year-on-year, as we look to raise our profile even further.”

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RT Machinery brings Perfect Pitch Combo to GroundsFest: Guests attending GroundsFest 2024 can visit Stand OSA220 for the complete package of sports pitch maintenance equipment. The team at RT Machinery are excited to show machinery focusing on improving the surfaces for the players whilst making life much easier for grounds staff at the same time.

The Iseki TM range of Lightweight Compact Tractors represents one of the best value tractors on the market and is a workhorse that loves pulling turf maintenance equipment across the pitches.

RT Machinery brings Perfect Pitch Combo to GroundsFest

A range of premium-finish tractor-mounted gang and roller mowers from RTM, Tow N Mow® and Wessex provides a variety of options to suit different budgets and cutting width requirements from 1.8m up to 6m or more, all leaving a cracking finish.

The Quadraplay from Sisis is a 4-in-1 maintenance tool allowing clubs to brush, roll, slit and rake all in one pass, saving a vast amount of time for the grounds team. Working on both turf and hard porous surfaces, this tool combines fast aeration, thatch removal, standing up of the grass plant and excellent presentation – all at once.

Visitors can also look forward to seeing an array of specialist tools from Groundsman Industries, RTM SUFFOLK^® and Selvatici for seasonal and ad-hoc aeration of pitches to combat the issues of compaction and water logging. A good program of spiking, slitting and deeper vertical tining will improve and maintain surface drainage, water percolation, and the ingress of dressings and feeds.

Understanding what machinery is available to do the job and how they work is a great way to start thinking about what might be suitable for football pitches, cricket outfields, multi-pitch stadia, schools and race courses. With a range of manual mechanism actions, working widths, tine depths and tine types in both solid and hollow tines and splitters, there is a tool to suit all sites.

Popular with sports clubs, there is often funding available for the package of equipment on offer and guests are invited to speak to the team to find out what assistance can be offered for a funding bid.

To get in touch with RT Machinery you can visit www.rtmachinery.co.uk

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