turf grass sward, you need to know how substrate it is growing in. Our profession is one developed primarily from applied biology with the key subjects being plant biology and soil science. It’s all about the plant and its growth and development within and on the and then manage them through our cultural play sport on. Sportsturf is really a branch of mowing (a way of controlling plant growth), In principle, this sounds simple enough, but a skilled manager understands how “natural” grass surfaces, you are always the demands of players and their impacts principles of agronomy and be able to adapt constrained budgets. This is management! As many would say, how can you manage something you do not understand? All this, of course, takes place in the
consumer demands are ever changing with for less philosophy! Again, understanding new technologies, products and materials to understand such and whether they are relevant or useful for you and your role in think that most sales professionals (in our industry) are good but how can you make an informed decision without understanding Again, anything you do on the surface may In a similar vein, you need to be able to years for many sports surfaces, with players having greater knowledge of these and how to achieve these comes from knowledge such need to be done and to what level. Learning how to use new equipment and technology, both correctly and appropriately, is also important. It is also important to purpose. Monitoring of surface performance
management but you do need to know the how, where and when. Our students learn how to construct,
maintain and manage surfaces used for sport. This is achieved in many ways including industry visits, work placements and through their own research. These are interwoven into a teaching and learning programme that allows them to develop an in-depth knowledge and understanding of their chosen subject and career. Of course, it is a progressive journey over two or three years, degree course will change you!
Degrees are not just about learning about your subject! They will develop in you a wide for life and employment. It’s not just about depth but breadth as well! An underlying principle of a degree is the requirement to develop an independent learner and one will be invaluable in industry. In your working This could be anything from a yellow patch appearing on your golf green, a member
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So what’s new?
course should be validated for an intake to start the course in September 2015. kind in the world and is aimed at those working in golf course management who beyond a BSc or BA degree. This new approach to contemporary golf course management.
The course aims to develop students’ within an environment that develops students who wish to study at this level and have structured the course content management issues. If you want to know more, please have a look on our website or email me at Myerscough (sbrown@ online course.
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