Wednesday, 22nd May, 2013

Archive for the ‘Courses’ Category


Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

Royal Liverpool GC website

Royal Liverpool to Host 2019 Walker Cup

The 47th biennial match between the amateurs of Great Britain and Ireland and the USA will be played in September 2019


Friday, May 10th, 2013

The Jacobsen Eclipse at St Anne’s Golf Club has contributed to a change in the greens management regime

Greens Mower at St Anne’s Golf Club changes management regime

Jacobsen Eclipse 322 improves trueness of greens

GrassmoorTitleist Bay Dividers

Grassmoor Golf Centre Successfully Transforms Driving Range

Grassmoor Golf Centre was established in 1992 and is well known for being a very friendly club and one that welcomes all standards of golfers

Ramon Luengo Martinez, Director General of Sotogrande S.A and Juan Alvarez, who is the GM at La Reserva

Troon Appointed at La Reserva Golf Club, Spain

La Reserva Golf Club, Sotogrande, welcomes Troon’s industry experts to enhance quality, service and member experience


Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

#15 at The Montgomerie Maxx Royal

Montgomerie Maxx Royal to Host Inaugural Turkish Open

Turkey’s premier golf destination to host the first ever Turkish Open in the European Tour’s inaugural Final Series schedule

Steph Meadow

Ladies’ British Amateur Championship in new venue for 2013

The 111th staging of the Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship takes it to a new Ladies’ Golf Union venue ‐ the Jack Nicklaus‐designed Machynys Peninsula Golf & Country Club, near Llanelli in South Wales


Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

DAMAC Trump Golf Cours

DAMAC Properties to Develop Championship Trump International Golf Course in Dubai

First Trump Course in Asia to be “among the finest in the World‟


Friday, May 3rd, 2013

Struie launch

Royal Dornoch Struie Course Responds to Golfers’ Views

Following a series of intensive guest and member surveys there have been a number of welcome additions and developments to the Royal Dornoch Struie Course


Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

The Fulwell Golf Club team, with Paul Brown, Course Manager, third from right, and Labrador, Oscar, surrounded by their Wiedenmann kit.

Working Wiedenmann machines in combo scores highly for Middlesex club

Fulwell Golf Club in London has taken delivery of its fourth Wiedenmann machine in three years


Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

Kevin Broderick and course superintendent Johnny Shields at Portsalon Golf Club

Climbing ability sealed the deal at Portsalon

Jacobsen GP400 is ideal for club’s undulating tees and approaches


Tuesday, April 30th, 2013

Gareth and his team with the new Jacobsen equipment

Jacobsen fleet for Hankley Common Golf Club

One of Britain’s finest heathland courses, situated amidst the spectacular scenery of the Surrey Hills, takes Jacobsen equipment


Monday, April 29th, 2013

Keith Haslam (left) of Braemar Golf presenting M. Ali Ghannam of Compagnie Générale Immobiliére with a traditional golf club from c1750, made in St Andrews.

Casa Green Golf Club – Open for Business

The course, designed by Jeremy Pern, is the first new 18 hole facility to open in the Grand Casablanca region in the last 90 years


Friday, April 26th, 2013

Mottram Hall

De Vere Mottram Hall Unveils Multi-Million Pound Makeover

The stunning Cheshire resort undergoes an extensive £6 million transformation, elevating it to one of the UK’s leading luxury golf resorts


Thursday, April 25th, 2013

Phoenix Hill Golf Club

Fry/Straka Have Two Course Openings in China: both on 1st May

One golf course is located in Shanghai, while the other is in Anji, about a two-hour drive southwest of Shanghai. Dana Fry, a Fry/Straka principal, oversaw both projects .....read the full story »

The new paths installed by Speedcut at Foxhills Golf Club and Resort

Speedcut Moves Fast Building Bridge for Golf Tournament

Speedcut Contractors had to move quickly to rebuild a bridge at Ham Manor Golf Club, West Sussex, within 24 hours


Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

Adam Grint, General Manager (left) with David Fulcher, Director of Golf

Edgbaston Tees Off With £150k Upgrade

Edgbaston Golf Club is celebrating the completion of an investment programme worth over £150k to upgrade and modernise its clubhouse, golf shop and practice facilities


Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

Steve Lloyd with a Jacobsen TR3 mower at Burghilll Valley Golf Club

Six Years On and Still Going Strong

The Ransomes Jacobsen fleet at Burghill Valley Golf Club is still going strong and is a testament to the build quality of the equipment and the maintenance regime at the club


Friday, April 19th, 2013

Verti-Drain 7416 at Golspie Golf Course

Golspie Golf Club: ‘On Course For Full Recovery’

On 14th December the worst storm in the Club’s near 125 year history breached the sea defences, not only flooding the bulk of the course but also bringing tonnes of rubble and debris


Thursday, April 18th, 2013

Links superintendent John Gallagher says Jacobsen’s quality of cut is second to none

Latest Hybrid Greens Technology at Donegal Golf Club

Donegal Golf Club, situated on the rolling dunes of the Murvagh peninsula in the north-west of Ireland, has seen significant improvements to its putting surfaces and significant savings in fuel bills since purchasing a Jacobsen Eclipse 322 hybrid greens mower


Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

The BIGGA Open Support Team on the 18th fairway at Lytham last year

Support Team Gears Up For The Open

Over 50 BIGGA members are celebrating after winning a place on the Association’s Support Team to the Open Championship at Muirfield in July


Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

Ambasadori Golf Resort, complete with Huxley Premier All-Weather Golf Greens and tee boxes fitted with Huxley Golf’s PGA standard all-weather turf

Huxley Golf Plays Major Role in Georgia’s First Golf Course

Hampshire-based Huxley Golf, the PGA’s official supplier for all-weather golf surfaces, has played a major role in launching the very first golf course in the country of Georgia


Monday, April 15th, 2013

St Andrews Links’ course managers, Gordon McKie (left) and Kevin Muir, with their MF 1547 compact tractors, used primarily on the Old Course and the Eden, Strathtyrum and Balgove Courses respectively

MF Compacts Gain Approval from The Home Of Golf

Two identical Massey Ferguson compact tractors are winning praise from course managers and staff at St Andrews Links for their gutsy performance, good fuel economy and well-balanced configuration


Friday, April 12th, 2013

(Centre left and right) The Bedford Golf Club’s head greenkeeper Simon Trotter and dealer Martin Green of P Tuckwell Ltd, Maulden, with the new John Deere fleet and (left to right): Jamie Swain, head mechanic Richard Swain, Anthony Rizzi and Scott Cranny.

The Bedford buys John Deere

The Bedford Golf Club at Great Denham has invested almost £250,000 in a fleet of new John Deere course machinery, bought from dealer P Tuckwell Ltd of Maulden, Bedfordshire on a John Deere Financial six-year finance lease


Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

A Super 500 on rough management duty at Gleneagles

Versatile Wiedenmann Super 500 tackles Gleneagles’ rough

A clear focus and a precise plan underpins course preparations at Gleneagles ahead of the 2014 Ryder Cup .....read the full story »


Friday, April 5th, 2013

National GC Australia

The National Golf Club – First GEO Certified™ In Australia

Club demonstrates Golf’s commitment and contribution to the Environment and Communities