http://www.pitchcare.com/ The most recent 20 Golf articles of Pitchcare - Serving the Turfcare Industry Copyright 2008 Pitchcare.com Ltd mail@pitchcare.com mail@pitchcare.com en Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:26:06 +0000 Pitchcare's Custom Grown in House CMS 60 http://www.pitchcare.com/images/general/newlogo.png http://www.pitchcare.com/ 22 23 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Saturday Sunday Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT Swanston Golf Ltd, managers of two golf courses and a driving range at Swanston, situated just a few miles south of Edinburgh city centre in the foothills of the Pentlands, has invested in new Ransomes Jacobsen mowers and E-Z-GO golf buggies from their local dealer, Fairways GM of Kinross. mail@pitchcare.com (Peter Driver) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5931 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT A 500,000 flood alleviation scheme at the Nicklaus-designed Machynys Peninsula Golf Club in Llanelli is nearing completion, despite one of the wettest summers on record. - mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5934 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:00:00 GMT David Croxton is a man on a mission. As proprietor of Cold Ashby Golf Club he implemented the construction of nine new holes and has now moved on to an ecology programme with the assistance of the STRI. And, if that wasnt enough, he is also a member of the EGUs Executive Committee Our editor heads down Northamptonshires leafy lanes to meet him - mail@pitchcare.com (Laurence Gale MSc) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5932 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:00:00 GMT Greenkeepers now have a new implement to improve drainage and aeration on greens, tees and approaches and its one cool cat. - mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5922 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT ONE of Scottish golf's most prestigious accolades has been awarded to Alexander Macdonald, the head greenkeeper at Golspie Golf Club. mail@pitchcare.com (News) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5925 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT The English Golf Union (EGU) has taken the decision to allow Distance-Measuring Devices (DMD) to be used in all its championships in 2009. - mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5917 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:00:00 GMT St Andrews Links has recently renewed its Toro agreement, with links superintendent, Gordon Moir, saying that the Toro equipment the Home of Golf exclusively uses to maintain its greens and tees has proved extremely reliable and allowed the Links Trust to present the golf courses to the standard golfers expect. - mail@pitchcare.com (Lesley Walker) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5915 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT Greenkeepers at some of the country's most prestigious courses said they had been struggling to keep their venues open because this year's weather had been so bad. - mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5914 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:00:00 GMT Thomson Perrett Lobb, the international golf course architecture practice founded by five times Open Champion Peter Thomson with partners Ross Perrett and Tim Lobb, has underlined its commitment to responsible development by issuing a Sustainability Statement. - mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5905 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:20:00 GMT Golf Business Development magazine (GBD) is a new trade journal with a mandate to shake up the European golf industry. - mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5903 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:00:00 GMT Delivered by Ransomes Jacobsens Scottish dealer, Fairways GM, earlier this season as part of a turf maintenance machinery and golf car package, the Jacobsen LF3800 light fairway mowers is saving hours of greenkeeping time at Forrester Park Resort near Dunfermline. mail@pitchcare.com (Peter Driver) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5890 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:00:00 GMT Founded during the Great War in 1914, Balmoral Golf Club is situated right beside the Kings Hall Exhibition Centre, less than four miles from Belfast city centre. mail@pitchcare.com (Steve Mitchell) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5889 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:25:00 GMT The Castle Course in St Andrews has received three prestigious international awards in its inaugural season. mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5877 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:00:00 GMT Norma McNeill is not happy. Out for a brisk walk among the dunes with her dog, she contemplates the small collection of vehicles about her, bristles and addresses big Allan Macdonald stood beside me. "Ach, you no changin' the landscape agin are ye" she asks rhetorically. mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5880 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:30:00 GMT One year on Paul Lowe, Head Greenkeeper at Bromborough Golf Club on the Wirral, talks about how his move to sustainability is going and offers some sound advice on networking. - mail@pitchcare.com (Paul Lowe) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5878 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:00:00 GMT Laurence McCrory, Course Manager at Bicester Golf Club, has recently taken delivery of two Jacobsen Eclipse mowers, the latest pedestrian greens mower from RANSOMES Jacobsen, the Ipswich-based turf maintenance equipment manufacturer. mail@pitchcare.com (Peter Driver) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5870 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:00:00 GMT U.S. golf course developers are on track to post the lowest number of openings in two decades. Measured in 18-hole equivalents, 65 courses have opened so far this year and NGF estimates, based on the number of courses currently under construction, that another 10 to 20 will open by December 31. mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5868 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:00:00 GMT Kinross Golf Courses in Fife, the 36-hole golf complex which lies in beautiful, unspoilt parkland bordering Loch Leven and owned by Sir David Montgomery and his family, has recently invested in two new E-Z-GO RXV golf cars supplied by local dealer, Fairways GM Ltd. - mail@pitchcare.com (Peter Driver) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5861 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:00:00 GMT Vertech, a leading technical golf green solutions company, launch in Europe following a successful preview at the KPMG Golf Business Forum and successful Asian partnerships mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5852 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT November Golf Diary mail@pitchcare.com (Laurence Gale MSc) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5845