Noel Mackenzie: The winter diseases clubs need to be wary of 0
Late December and early January are not very nice times of year for grass.
Late December and early January are not very nice times of year for grass.
The Goodwood House is currently home to Lord March, who took over the management of the Goodwood Estate Company, and chairmanship of Goodwood’s main golf course, from his father.
To keep turf healthy and maintain continuity of service, greenkeepers need to do everything possible to ensure that their courses can cope with prolonged wet weather and sudden influxes of water.
“For the Open championships, enormous security measures are always put into operation.”
Leading agronomist Noel Mackenzie has said that too little topography and ecology goes into golf course design.
There are essentially two areas of finance that need to be reviewed regarding your F&B operation.
There are a number of reasons why compost, produced from garden waste such as grass cuttings, prunings and leaves, has such good water retention properties and can be of considerable benefit.
One of Britain’s top agronomists has said that golf clubs should renovate their tees, greens and fairways as far ahead of winter as possible.
A good course manager runs his / her business as if it’s their own, while ensuring that the golfers have an enjoyable experience.
It seems that every week another golf club revamps its website for one main purpose: to make it possible for members, and increasingly visitors, to book tee times on the facility.
Refurbishing the clubhouse is ambitious, expensive and can be risky – even for the wealthier clubs.
Rule 24-1a does not require the player to mark the position of the ball but it is considered good practice to do so as if the ball does move, the player can be certain that the ball is returned to its original position.
We all know there is no such thing as a free lunch, and this mantra, when it refers to coaching, has proven, and is proving, to be true and particularly beneficial to golf clubs.
Over 3,000 women and girls were encouraged to take up golf in 2010 thanks to a grant from the English Women’s Golf Association (EWGA).