Golf
They then consider it okay to carve phallic symbols into the greens and pinch flags and bunker rakes! If I were to catch them at it, I would think a stern telling off might do the trick!
100% dwarf rye is used on the tees - conifers in evidence
piles at the moment, so hopefully it will be something we can roll out into other areas of the course as well.” “We always have a list of jobs on the go,
so if we cannot carry out one because of inclement weather, we switch to the other. Idle hands mean long boring days, so we always have something to do.” Mike is clearly very happy at Highcliffe
Castle Golf Club. He has a strong work ethic that is popular with the members and he is supported well by his staff. But he is aware that all is not so rosy across the golf industry. “From my point of view, everything is okay, but the fact that so many clubs have either had to lay off staff or close altogether in recent years has been terrible for all
What’s in the shed? John Deere D2500 triple mowers x 3 John Deere 2653 surrounds mower John Deere 1445 rough mower Jacobsen Fairway 250 John Deere E Gator John Deere 4410 tractor John Deere 955 tractor with back hoe Kioti DK551c tractor
John Deere 220 pedestrian greens mowers x 3
Flymo hover mowers x 2 Stihl strimmers x 4 Stihl backpack blowers x 2 Stihl hedge cutters x 2 Stihl chainsaws x 2 John Deere Aercore 1500 Charterhouse Verti-Drain 7316 Sisis Megaslit Sisis Maxislit Sisis Veemo Hardi sprayer Earthquake aerator Stihl leaf blower Wessex trailers x 2
involved. However, when you look in the job sections on various websites, the number of vacancies seems to be on the increase, which is encouraging.” “I can only speak from my personal
experiences, and I think I’ve always been treated fairly at the four clubs I have been at. Golfers do have a tendency to be very critical of ‘their’ courses and, if something isn’t to their liking, they are quick to moan. I don’t see any way of changing that; you just have to become thick-skinned and get on with it.”
” Phallic repairs! Charterhouse topdresser with brushes
Greentek attachments - verticutter, vibro roller, sarrel roller, scarifier
“All machines are purchased outright. Smaller machines, such as strimmers, are purchased when they need replacing.
The main mowing machines are on a ten year replacement schedule. This is not set in stone and, if they need replacing in eight years or so, then they are, and, if at ten years old, they are still serviceable then we will keep them on. This works well, but I really have to keep an eye on things as I don’t want to ask for too much in any one year.
I will always try to buy ex-demo or very good second hand machines, if possible, as the savings can be quite large. If, for example, we were to replace a greens mower, then we would use the new list price as a guide. I would then hunt for the best deal I can find. As the club have budgeted for the full list price, then anything I can save can be used for buying extra bits of kit. I usually have around £25k per year for machinery.
I always go to New Forest Farm Machinery first. I get on well with them and the John Deere dealer back up is exceptional. The last major piece of equipment we
purchased was the Jacobsen F250, which came form EG Coles. This machine was their ex-demo.
I've used John Deere, Toro and Jacobsen machinery. They all have their good and bad points, and I don’t really have a preference.
We hire in a big verti-drain and operator from John Pierson for three days in October to aerate the fairways. Our machine has maximum tine size of ¾", whereas Piersons can use a 1" tine with a huge amount of heave.
Our Charterhouse topdresser is a fantastic piece of machinery and, if I ever leave, it’s coming with me! It’s a trailed dual spinner machine. We can topdress all the greens in around three hours, putting on anything from around 6-10 tonnes per application.”
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