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Keith Pelley at the GolfBIC conference

March 3, 2021/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Keith Pelley at the GolfBIC conference: The European Tour has completed 20,000 Covid tests with just five positives since the outbreak of the pandemic. They have also spent £5 million on their health strategy. That startling fact was revealed by European Tour CEO, Keith Pelley, speaking at the virtual GolfBic Conference. “Our most valuable member […]

Ironing out problems in an post-Winter world

March 3, 2021/in News, Press Release/by Bradley Foster

Ironing out problems in an post-Winter world: The early spring can be a challenging time for professional turf managers, particularly in Northern Europe. Shorter days, snow cover, excess rainfall and many other issues including fallen leaves can lead to poor conditions to grow managed amenity turf. Many of these factors can lead to reduced sunlight […]

Keith Pelley at the GolfBIC conference

March 3, 2021/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Ironing out problems in an post-Winter world

March 3, 2021/in News, Press Release/by Bradley Foster

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Keith Pelley at the GolfBIC conference

March 3, 2021/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Keith Pelley at the GolfBIC conference: The European Tour has completed 20,000 Covid tests with just five positives since the outbreak of the pandemic. They have also spent £5 million on their health strategy.

That startling fact was revealed by European Tour CEO, Keith Pelley, speaking at the virtual GolfBic Conference.

Keith Pelley at the GolfBIC conference

“Our most valuable member of staff was Dr Andrew Murray, our Chief Medical Officer,” said Keith.

He also revealed how close the Tour came to having to refund money to the broadcasting companies as a result of not fulfilling its quota of events.

“At one point due to cancellations we only had eight events in 2020 with 30 events moved or cancelled and we needed to get to 32 to fulfil our broadcasting commitments.

“We did everything possible to be able to play. We introduced two UK swings in the summer and the autumn. We played at Celtic Manor twice and Cyprus twice and we played for 27 straight weeks including 23 regular Tour events. As we’d played 10 events before Covid we hit 33 and achieved our aim,” said Keith, who revealed that last year they furloughed 100 staff and laid off 60.

The 2021 season also carries its challenges with travel restrictions making moving around the world difficult, but the European Tour has recently partnered with the PGA Tour, who have taken a stake in European Tour Productions, and so the European Tour will soon be playing events in Florida.

“Last year I was petrified, but this year because we have shown how adaptable and innovative we can be I’m not remotely worried about making it work,” Keith told his on-line audience.

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Ironing out problems in an post-Winter world

March 3, 2021/in News, Press Release/by Bradley Foster

Ironing out problems in an post-Winter world: The early spring can be a challenging time for professional turf managers, particularly in Northern Europe. Shorter days, snow cover, excess rainfall and many other issues including fallen leaves can lead to poor conditions to grow managed amenity turf.

Many of these factors can lead to reduced sunlight being absorbed by the turfgrass leaf blade. In turn, this can lead to a lack of chlorophyll production eventually leading to pale, yellowing of the leaf, know as chlorosis.

Ironing out problems in an post-Winter world

One method of reducing the effect of chlorosis is to apply iron to the turfgrass. Iron is essential in the biochemical synthesis of the chlorophyll module, and regular applications during periods of reduced light intensity can help to ensure that the plant continues its necessary chlorophyll production and helps to avoid chlorosis.

Fusion Liquid Fe is our concentrated liquid iron formulation containing 6.5% Fe for application throughout the year, but particularly in cooler, darker weather conditions. Regular applications of Fusion Liquid Fe will stimulate chlorophyll production and help to avoid chlorosis.

By increasing chlorophyll production, Fusion Liquid Fe will help with a rapid green up of the turfgrass plant, improving aesthetic appearance. This product will offer approximately six weeks of green up without blackening, depending on the prevailing climactic conditions.

This liquid iron product will also help to toughen the sward, offering increases disease resistance, as well as some plant stress relief. The increased disease resistance could be increasingly important at the current time in Northern Europe due to periods of prolonged snow cover.

Ironing out problems in an post-Winter world

The latest improvements to Fusion Liquid Fe mean that it is now fully compatible in a tank mix with many other products in the Indigrow range.

For more information visit https://www.indigrow.com/product/fusion-liquid-fe-10lts/

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Keith Pelley at the GolfBIC conference

Ironing out problems in an post-Winter world

Keith Pelley at the GolfBIC conference

Ironing out problems in an post-Winter world

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Keith Pelley at the GolfBIC conference

Keith Pelley at the GolfBIC conference: The European Tour has completed 20,000 Covid tests with just five positives since the outbreak of the pandemic. They have also spent £5 million on their health strategy.

Ironing out problems in an post-Winter world

Ironing out problems in an post-Winter world: The early spring can be a challenging time for professional turf managers, particularly in Northern Europe. Shorter days, snow cover, excess rainfall and many other issues including fallen leaves can lead to poor conditions to grow managed amenity turf.

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