
Turf Spotlight brings you in-depth features exclusive to Turf Matters, which focus on various aspects of this great industry. Published both online and offline, Turf Spotlight features are a must read for anyone whose passion is turf.
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The Agronomic Elephant In The Room
The Agronomic Elephant In The Room: Dr Minshad Ansari, left, discusses the Leatherjacket and Chafer Grub problem with Scott MacCallum.
The agronomic elephant…

A Great Place To Be
A Great Place To Be: Scott MacCallum catches up with Phil Helmn, the man with the most diverse job in turf management…
I often interview turf managers…

How Turf Changed Tennis
How Turf Changed Tennis: The STRI’s Mark Ferguson explains how an improvement in the grass deployed on tennis courts changed the way in which the game…

Memories Are Made Of This
Memories Are Made Of This: Scott MacCallum returns to a place where he has spent quite a bit of time and created many wonderful memories, as he talks with…

Will It Be Sparks That Make The Clippings Fly?
Will It Be Sparks That Make The Clippings Fly?: James de Havilland gives his thoughts on the advance of the electric or hybrid mower revolution.
Although…

Coming To Terms With Artificial Pitches
Coming To Terms With Artificial Pitches: Eric O’Donnell, Managing Director
of Sports Labs, adds insight into the recent highly publicised debate in
Scotland…

Scott MacCallum Chats To Ben Hastie
Scott MacCallum Chats To Ben Hastie: Scott MacCallum caught up with Ben Hastie, the man with the toughest job in turf maintenance as he prepared for...…

Five Years On Yet Still, Turf Matters
Five Years On Yet Still, Turf Matters: This issue of Turf Matters marks our fifth full year in production and the time seems to have just flown by.
We…

Greenkeepers’ Acclaim For Meeting Ryder Cup Challenge
Greenkeepers’ Acclaim For Meeting Ryder Cup Challenge: For years the greenkeepers have remained the ‘unsung heroes’ behind tournaments and big events.…

Hagg’s Castle’s Silver Lining
Hagg’s Castle’s Silver Lining: It wasn’t the best day that Scott Ballantyne, Course Manager at Glasgow’s Hagg’s Castle Golf Club, had ever experienced,…

An Update From Scott MacCallum
We have just come from a tumultuous six weeks of sport – with the World Cup, Wimbledon and The Open Championship at Carnoustie and you know what –…
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