Golf Industry News - turf industry

Kate Entwistle has left the STRI, where she had worked since 1990, and relocated to Hampshire. She will continue to work in turf pathology under the name of The Turf Disease Centre

September has seen an unprecedented number of mergers and acquisitions in the grounds care business as no less than three new groupings are formed. The Turner Group has acquired Risboro Turf, Redexim Charterhouse has acquired Pro-Seed Equipment and Blagg & Johnson of Newark has acquired Richard Long Engineering

The British Institute of Golf Course Architects, representing some 65 designers throughout Europe, has announced the formation of The BIGCA Foundation