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‘The Green Report’ Docuseries Launches

June 17, 2025/in News, Press Release/by Admin

‘The Green Report’ Docuseries Launches: Syngenta Golf launches the first episode of The Green Report, an ambitious new docuseries showcasing leading golf courses’ approach to environmental sustainability around the world. The series begins with a compelling three-part feature at this year’s Ryder Cup host venue, Bethpage State Park in New York. On a course walk […]

Nothing compares to Toro for Auchterarder

June 17, 2025/in Machinery, News, Press Release/by Admin

Nothing compares to Toro for Auchterarder: Auchterarder Golf Club in the heart of Penrithshire, Scotland, has chosen Toro again for straight replacements of two of its pivotal mowers. The club needed to update its frontline cutting equipment and decided there was no comparison on the market for the Greensmaster TriFlex 3420 hybrid for the greens […]

‘The Green Report’ Docuseries Launches

June 17, 2025/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Nothing compares to Toro for Auchterarder

June 17, 2025/in Machinery, News, Press Release/by Admin

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‘The Green Report’ Docuseries Launches

June 17, 2025/in News, Press Release/by Admin

‘The Green Report’ Docuseries Launches: Syngenta Golf launches the first episode of The Green Report, an ambitious new docuseries showcasing leading golf courses’ approach to environmental sustainability around the world.

The series begins with a compelling three-part feature at this year’s Ryder Cup host venue, Bethpage State Park in New York.

‘The Green Report’ Docuseries Launches

On a course walk with Director of Agronomy Andrew Wilson and colleagues, viewers learn:

Why golf courses are important urban wildlife havens and how red-tailed hawks and great horned owls are successfully breeding at Bethpage Black
How an on-course Nature Discovery Garden is welcoming school children to learn about plants and animals in an outdoor classroom
And how taking golf’s sustainability message into the community is helping change perceptions about golf and the environment.

The Green Report offers candid, on-the-ground conversations with golf course managers, sustainability professionals and environmental experts, providing viewers with unfiltered insights into the challenges and successes of sustainable course management.

The series comes as a direct response to Syngenta’s groundbreaking report Golf & Social Media which explored more than 16 million social media posts, blogs and comments. The research revealed negative perceptions of golf with water consumption, land use and nature the focus of detractors’ criticisms.

“We know from our research that golf courses can be perceived as being bad for the environment,” said Mark Birchmore, Global Head of Marketing, Turf & Landscape for Syngenta.

“However, we also know golf courses are providing critically important green spaces for people and nature in a rapidly urbanizing world. Golf course superintendents, greenkeepers and their teams are committed stewards of the environments they are managing, and it’s important to us to help tell this story.

“The Green Report aims to inform and inspire golf courses businesses to take action and speak up on sustainability, and proactively connect with their local communities.”

The series will be released at 12PM ET on Thursday, 12 June 2025, and will be free-to-watch for all golf industry professionals and stakeholders on YouTube.

Watch The Green Report on Syngenta Golf’s YouTube channel today

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Nothing compares to Toro for Auchterarder

June 17, 2025/in Machinery, News, Press Release/by Admin

Nothing compares to Toro for Auchterarder: Auchterarder Golf Club in the heart of Penrithshire, Scotland, has chosen Toro again for straight replacements of two of its pivotal mowers.

The club needed to update its frontline cutting equipment and decided there was no comparison on the market for the Greensmaster TriFlex 3420 hybrid for the greens and Toro’s Groundsmaster 3500-D for the tee banks at its parkland course.

Nothing compares to Toro for Auchterarder

Shaun McNaugton, Head Greenkeeper, says: “We’ve tried other brands over the years but always come back to Toro.”

The reasons for this are quite straightforward, he says: “The club has used Toro since before my time and I’ve worked here for 21 years. Every piece of equipment we buy must earn its keep and deliver a return on our investment. I expect longevity, value, performance, and reliability.”

Shaun moved away from his usual diesel greens mower last year, opting instead for the Greensmaster TriFlex 3420 hybrid model and he’s been so impressed with the savings in fuel with no compromise on performance that he ordered another.

“I haven’t done any number crunching on the diesel savings but they’re certainly obvious and significant’” he says. “It operates so efficiently in energy savings mode, representing impressive value.”

Another key selling point is the machine’s reduction in hydraulic components, says Shaun: “Reducing the risk of hydraulic leaks on the greens was equally as important as the savings in fuel consumption,” he confirms.

The Groundsmaster 3500-D that Shaun is replacing is 17 years old. He says: “That kind of longevity is important to us, but the technology in this machine is equally as important.

“It’s as if the Groundsmaster with Sidewinder was designed specifically for our course,” he continues. “In a parkland setting with an undulating landscape and sloping tee banks, the technology behind this machine comes into its own. Its easy manoeuvring and shifting cutting units deliver a close cut around the trees, on the bankings, and along hedgerows saving an unbelievable amount of effort and delivering a superb aesthetic.”

Add to that the fact that Toro machines are, according to Shaun, “easy to maintain, incur minimal downtime and a firm favourite with all the full- and part-time staff who use them as well as the local mechanic” and it makes sense that Auchterarder Golf Club is a repeat customer for distributor Reesink Scotland, the Scottish service branch of Reesink Turfcare based in Livingston.

John Rankin, Area Sales for Reesink Scotland, says: “Anyone who has the pleasure of playing or visiting Auchterarder Golf Club will know it is maintained with the utmost pride. Shaun is a loyal customer who trusts Toro implicitly to support him and the team as they endeavour to present the course in the best order possible.”

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‘The Green Report’ Docuseries Launches

Nothing compares to Toro for Auchterarder

‘The Green Report’ Docuseries Launches

Nothing compares to Toro for Auchterarder

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‘The Green Report’ Docuseries Launches

‘The Green Report’ Docuseries Launches: Syngenta Golf launches the first episode of The Green Report, an ambitious new docuseries showcasing leading golf courses’ approach to environmental sustainability around the world.

Nothing compares to Toro for Auchterarder

Nothing compares to Toro for Auchterarder: Auchterarder Golf Club in the heart of Penrithshire, Scotland, has chosen Toro again for straight replacements of two of its pivotal mowers.

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