Recognising the benefits of biodiversity will allow golf clubs to make much more of a song and dance about how good the golf course is environmentally


recognise this will be more sustainable than those that don’t. Furthermore, golfers value it.


Extending the theme - How understanding biodiversity can help achieve competitive advantage


Golf clubs with good social, environmental and ethical performance will be better placed to attract and retain members and visitors.


Managing for biodiversity will maintain a clean, healthy environment, not to mention a sink for climate waste CO2


etc. Stability in the environment will


bring increasing numbers of beneficial wildlife. Recognising the benefits of biodiversity will allow golf clubs to make much more of a song and dance about how good the golf course is environmentally. This


means managing it for wildlife through to carbon offsetting. We will increasingly be expected to monitor our environment, and document environmental risks and how they are managed.


Social Responsibilities


Golf courses have a responsibility to manage in a manner that complements the local community interests. The conservation of our biodiversity is not just a job for governments and/or non- governmental organisations, it is a role for each and every individual (including golf clubs) to change our entrenched outlook and recognise the benefits, particularly on golf courses, that managing for biodiversity can bring.


Thinking ahead Managing for biodiversity will improve


your competitive advantage in various ways, such as in the planning arena. A golf club with a good track record will gain advantage through public approval and acceptance. Good performance, however, does need to be balanced with disclosure of performance. Those golf clubs collaborating with statutory consultees - Natural England for example - and the local authorities, should find themselves in a better position when considering course alterations, revisions etc. It is the responsibility of every golf club to do what it can in improving its performance, as it is easy for good golf clubs to be tarred with the same brush as those not performing and failing to demonstrate ecological and environmental best practice. The overriding message from all of the


PlanetAir MINIMUM Surface Disturbance


PlanetAir’s shatter knife technology, combined with the unique planetary motion creates pore space throughout the top profile.


The clean cut incisions sever stolons and promote fresh growth - ideal for Bermuda management for transition or throughout the Summer.


Each and every time we cut lateral growth we stimulate fine textured juvenile vertical shoot growth in the parent plant. This means that greens become finer textured with better colour.


in Under Four Hours


MAXIMUM Subsurface Aeration


EIGHTEEN GREENS


PlanetAir treatments cultivate the soil; the water connects and percolates properly through the soil and this rapid water percolation through the soil particles is the oxygen delivery system to the plant roots and soil microbes.


The key to PlanetAir is the amount of oxygen that gets into the rootzone during treatment - we can get through


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18 greens in approximately 4 hours using just one operator and we create 1,000,000 holes per hour.”


No material is removed so it can be used regularly with no disruption to play.


The PlanetAir is a superb venting tool, with its productivity and minimal disturbance.


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