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Does it TRIMS the grass for You?
Industry News - By Dave Whitaker (02 Dec 05 9:05)
The responsibilities of the Golf Course manager are ever increasing. The burden of record keeping to maintain adequate staff, machine and budget records together with compliance with the every increasing amount of legislation are becoming more onerous each year. - Read Article

Unusual pest problem found in the South Downs
Consultancy - By Dave Whitaker (21 Feb 05 9:55) - 1 comment
Deep in the Downs of Sussex, crows have been causing damage to the fairways of a historic golf course for several years. The golf course is situated on natural chalkland, surrounded by open arable pastures with turf species consisting primarily of Fescue and Smooth Stalk Meadowgrass. - Read Article

Wisley completes its greens renovation
Golf - By Dave Whitaker (06 Feb 03 0:00)
Master Greenkeeper, David Whitaker has completed re-turfing of the final nine holes,details inside - Read Article

Springs in the air at Wisley
Golf - By Dave Whitaker (11 Mar 02 0:00)
Back in November we closed nine holes of the course to re-turf all the greens and do other redevelopment work to improve those nine holes with an anticipated opening date in mid April. The winter has been very kind to us in terms of weather conditions with the temperatures being much higher than normal. The greens have responded very well and we have already been able to hollow core and top-dress them to finalise our levels. We our currently cutting these greens at 5mm. - Read Article

Whitaker's Wisley
Golf - By Dave Whitaker (14 Nov 01 0:00)
Wisley Golf Course is an exclusive members golf club set alongside the Royal Horticultural gardens in Surrey, The course was constructed in 1989 at which point I became the Course Manager. This purpose built Robert Trent Jones Jnr. championship course boasts three independent nine-hole courses that are all inter-usable, giving me the unique opportunity and luxury of being able to close one of the courses for works at any time if required. - Read Article