Spider can mow under bushes and in to other awkward areas
In this particular instance it was a combination of members requests for improved presentation and H&S issues that led to the pioneering solution by the Broadway club. This is the first use of a Spider mower in a golf course environment. “We had a couple of central issues,”
said Vic Tofts, “and were able to solve them using a single machine. You have to go through a process of sourcing a possible solution and presenting it to the Committee to get them on side; to get then to appreciate the benefits it will bring to the Club. The fact that it was a Committee member who first requested that a particular bank be cut, worked for us and, in resolving the problem, we have demonstrated that we are a forward thinking and innovative management team.”
... can be used as a conservation tool helping to maintain previously unmanageable areas
Broadway Golf Club was established in 1895 and the present golf course opened in 1910. Although only 6200 yards (par 72) it does provide a good test of golf for all abilities and has an inland links feel due to the rolling fairways and undulating greens. When the wind blows it can be a tough challenge.
Its location, at almost 1,000 feet above sea level, is on the edge of the Cotswolds escarpment, with outstanding views over the neighbouring villages and beyond to Bredon Hill and the Malvern Hills. The composition is quite poor with minimal topsoil on top of Cotswold brash, but this does mean that it drains very well, so much so, that it was only closed for one and half days during last year’s very wet summer.
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(l-r) Cedric Gough, Mike Hunt, Vic Tofts and Simon Bingham
just 300 members, having previously worked as First Assistant at Ross-on-Wye. He began his career ten years earlier at the then 9-hole Bridgnorth Golf Club, moving to Ross-on-Wye in 1966. Today Broadway has over 900 members and, unlike many clubs, boasts a healthy waiting list of 200 names. “Our philosophy is to provide the best possible playing conditions for our members,” he said, “while acting responsibly within the natural environment in which we operate. Innovative equipment, like the Spider, enables us to achieve both goals in a responsible manner. We are, after all, only custodians of this wonderful environment here at Broadway, and should endeavour to leave it in better condition than when we inherited it.”
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