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Financing irrigation systems
7th Feb 2008 - Golf - Duncan McGilvray - Issue 16 - Dec / Jan 2008
The second in a series of articles by Duncan McGilvray, Managing Director of Enviropro H2O Ltd, concentrates on financing the enormous cost of what is, potentially, a very large project. He also covers after project system care and, controversially, questions some of the long held beliefs which many hold as necessary to ensure system performance.

Melbourne - a course dying of thirst
4th Feb 2008 - Golf - Jim Porter
In the UK we are known for our preoccupation with the weather. On the other side of the world this preoccupation is taken to even greater lengths; but the focus is on just one specific aspect of the weather - the rain - and, more particularly, the absence of it.

Toxic waste fears at Hillsborough golf club
4th Feb 2008 - Golf - Press Release
FEARS over the possible dumping of toxic waste at Hillsborough Golf Club may lead to a police inestigation and the digging up of the course.

Belfry Man takes the Helm
2nd Feb 2008 - Golf - Press Release - 1 comment
BIGGA’s 2008 Chairman, Kenny MacKay, has one of the biggest jobs in greenkeeping. As Director of Golf Courses & Grounds at The Belfry, he is in charge of three 18 hole course, including the famous Brabazon which has hosted four Ryder Cups more than any other course, and a large team of greenkeepers, irrigation specialists, mechanics and gardeners.

Come in Numbers 47 and 48
1st Feb 2008 - Golf - Press Release
Two more greenkeepers have successfully completed the three arduous stages of the prestigious Master Greenkeeper Scheme to become the 47th and 48th to achieve the award.

Bunkers or bonkers?
1st Feb 2008 - Golf - Jonathan Gaunt - Issue 16 - Dec / Jan 2008 - 1 comment
The majority of golfers would consider a course without bunkers to be inferior to those with. But is this the case? Are modern courses being built with bunkers just because it’s the right thing to do rather than an important feature of the course? Jonathan Gaunt, Golf Course Architect and Senior Member of EIGCA, offers an insight into the history, design and maintenance of sand traps

How can golf clubs retain ‘nomadic’ golf members?
25th Jan 2008 - Golf - Press Release
The GTC has recognised a growing expectation amongst golfer’s seeking to play on golf courses in pristine condition for as near to 12 months a year as possible with those in golf club membership seeking to derive full value for their annual subscriptions.

Colin Robinson goes AWOL
23rd Jan 2008 - Golf - Colin Robinson - 2 comments
When did I first have thoughts of packing my job in and travelling the world? Was it when I was getting up at 4.30am on a wet Saturday morning to change holes for a club competition, or sat at a greens committee meeting explaining, for the one hundredth time, why we need to topdress the greens?

Mark’s time at Fulford
21st Jan 2008 - Golf - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 16 - Dec / Jan 2008
It is the golf course where Bernhard Langer famously played a televised shot out of an ancient ash tree. It is also where seven crew members of a Halifax bomber lost their lives during take off on a bombing mission to France during the Second World War.

Tyrrells Wood
20th Jan 2008 - Golf - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 16 - Dec / Jan 2008
Billy McMillan is one of five brothers who are all Greenkeepers. He is also the outgoing BIGGA Chairman and has worked tirelessly to improve the standing of all Greenkeepers during his tenure.

The joy of taking the rough with the smooth
17th Jan 2008 - Golf - Press Release - 1 comment
Temple Golf Club in Berkshire has seen the return of wild plants and flowers

Aeration that saved the day ...
4th Jan 2008 - Golf - Bretton King
Bretton King explains the benefits of using the Drill n Fill aeration system on golf greens

January Golf Diary
3rd Jan 2008 - Golf - Laurence Gale MSc
January Golf Diary

Grassform raises bunker standards at Moor Park Golf Club
25th Dec 2007 - Golf - James Lane
The stunning Moor Park Golf Club nestles within the leafy suburbs and commuter belt of south Hertfordshire, just outside Rickmansworth.

Malaysia Awarded The Golf Destination Of The Year 2008
24th Dec 2007 - Golf - Press Release
The International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO) has honoured Malaysia with the prestigious ‘2008 Asia and Australasia Golf Destination of the Year’ award.

Robert Jones Diaries
21st Dec 2007 - Golf - Rob Jones - 1 comment
Rob Jones is part of the Ohio State University’s programme for young greenkeepers. In part IV of his diary he talks about preparing the course for its big tournament of the year and visiting the biggest rollercoaster in the world, with the boss’s wife!

EGU And ELGA Regional Development Officer Network Expands
21st Dec 2007 - Golf - Press Release
The English Golf Union (EGU) and English Ladies’ Golf Association (ELGA) are delighted to announce that they have appointed 2 new Regional Development Officers for the East and North East.

Luton Hoo open to golfers thanks to Grassform
20th Dec 2007 - Golf - James Lane
Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire now boasts a stunning 18-hole championship quality course thanks to specialised sportsfield and landscape contractors Grassform Ltd.

Royal Spanish Golf Federation Scholarships have been awarded
17th Dec 2007 - Golf - Press Release
Michigan State University students Francisco Javier García Ircio, Jimena Blanco Jaschek and Juan Muñoz Puro have each won $10,000 scholarships from the Royal Spanish Golf Federation funded by The Environmental Institute for Golf.

From opencast coalmine to Championship Golf Course
12th Dec 2007 - Golf - Press Release
A former opencast colliery at Polkemmet is being transformed into two championship golf courses, leisure facilities and residential housing.

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