Golf
Greens sprayed in autumn
“Presentation is my number one priority. The Danes have an unhealthy
obsession with really fast greens”
Irrigation on an early April morning
Spencer is looking to appoint a dedicated technician to take on sward analysis to monitor moisture content, nutrition and performance using the latest GPS technologies, which will enable him to map and create valuable data on the performance of the greens. To get some feeling of scale, Spencer rattled off some impressive stats for the course. “The greens alone cover over two hectares, whilst the tees cover 2.5 hectares. The fairways stretch over twenty hectares,” details Spencer. The one staggering figure, however, is that there are ten hectares of bunkers to rake. Some of these sand traps are over 200 metres long and it takes six staff a day to rake all of them, even utilising the two Toro Sand Pros. This operation is
carried out once a week, with hand raking of the greenside bunkers done “as and when required”.
The course is then set amongst 150
hectares of forest, with the rest being long grass, water and open land. Spencer reports to a board made up of the joint owners and CEO, Niels Vester; “They’ve been great since my arrival,” he confirms. “I set my own budgets for everything, from how many staff I need to keep the courses up to standard to all machinery purchases.” As you might expect, the weather plays an important part in Spencer’s course maintenance and I ask how he copes with the extremes. “Hard work and church on Sundays!” he exclaims. “In summer, it can feel as though we are closer to Spain
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