Golf
W
eymouth Golf Club is accessed off of Links Road; “but it’s a parkland course,” states Rob Bayliss, who has been the head man at the
club since 1978. “I was twenty-two at the time, with just two assistants that started the same time as me. Both were not long out of school with no experience of the job at all.”
Now Course Manager, Rob’s long
association with the club has not diminished his enthusiasm. Indeed, it could be said that the innovations seen in the industry have helped to keep him ‘fresh’. “In my forty-five years in the industry, I
have seen a complete transformation. Many of the jobs that were slow, laborious and manual are now done in a fraction of the
time as machinery has been introduced to carry out jobs, like topdressing for instance. And nobody could have predicted the impact computers and modern technology would have on the work we do.” “And there’s the ecological aspect to
consider. On older golf courses, like Weymouth, that were once in open country but are now surrounded by housing, the rough on the course may be the only remaining vestige of native grass in the area. Apart from its playing strategy, it has great benefit to the community as a whole. I remember a time when golfers had no interest in wildlife at all and expected everything cut down so they could find a lost ball. It took a long time to get the message across, but there has definitely been a great change in attitudes over the years. I think we
still have some way to go before the wider public realises what an asset golf courses are to the nation and that preserving them benefits all of us.” Rob believes that it is vitally important to
involve the membership. “I write a monthly newsletter that is made available to members on the clubhouse notice board, and menu albums in the bar, the internet and Facebook. This gives members information on any forthcoming work that is planned, updates on any progress to our work, and anything else that crops up the members need to know about.” “It took a long time for them to take much
note, but they slowly started to get noticed and read. They have now become very popular and I get a lot of positive feedback from members, some of whom look forward
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