Golf
Jacobsen Eclipse greens mowers have helped to reduce emissions
and has played seventy of the top 100 links courses in the UK and Ireland. At Ljunghusen, he hosted Challenge Tour events in 1999, 2000 and 2002 and the European Mens Amateur Championships in 2001. He has also volunteered at other major
tournaments and has been part of the maintenance teams at the Scandinavian Masters in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, the Dunhill Links at Kingsbarns since 2006, Women’s British Open at Royal Liverpool in 2012, The Open 2006 and 2014 at Royal Liverpool, the British Mens Amateur Championship at Royal Cinque Ports in 2013 and the Irish Open at Royal County Down in 2015.
This has given Lars access and an insight
into some of the most iconic links courses in Europe and, for the past five years, he has worked on renovations and improvements at Ljunghusen. “Our aim is to continually improve the
playing surfaces over all twenty-seven holes,” comments Lars. “We have lengthened some holes, repositioned some greens, including our 18th, which borders the Baltic Sea. It
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actually took five years to get approval from the local authorities for this to happen. Phase 1 of our renovation is now complete and we are continuing with holes 19-27 to reinforce the links feel of these holes, which are the original links holes at Ljunghusens from 1932. I would say that of the twenty- seven holes here at Ljunghusens, fourteen are true links, whilst the remaining thirteen are heathland in nature.” “As Magnus said earlier, we are located in
a nature reserve, so we take our environmental responsibilities seriously. To demonstrate our commitment, in June 2009 we became the first club in Sweden to achieve the global eco-label, GEO Certified, and six years on, in July 2015, we are the first club to have been twice re-certified.” “We have a very good working
relationship with our local Jacobsen dealer, Gräsvårdsmaskiner AB, and have purchased three Eclipse 322 hybrid greens mowers. This fits in very well with our environmental policy as this mower is completely free of hydraulic oil. It uses a small diesel engine to power a generator that provides the
electricity to drive all the components on the mower. That means there is absolutely no chance of an accidental oil spill on our greens. Also, by using a smaller engine we are using significantly less fuel and, therefore, reducing emissions.” “The other major advantage is that we can
control the number of cuts per metre as the mower passes across the green. Once we have determined the optimum number of cuts per metre, or frequency of cut as it’s also known, we can lock this into the mower and it will cut every green exactly the same, giving our members consistency of ball roll. It’s a very impressive machine and ticks many boxes.” “We don't encourage use of golf buggies on the course, but we do have six E-Z-GO RXV vehicles for use by older members and anyone with a medical condition. In keeping with our environmental credentials, these are electric, so no emissions at the point of use.”
GEO re-certification for a third time is obviously a source of great pride for the club. The process is carried out by an
Following the renovation of the clubhouse, when the floor space doubled in size, the focus on renewable energy saw the installation of a large-scale ground source heat pump, which led to an annual saving in electricity consumption
Continued commitment to sustainable practices has resulted in huge savings on elecricity consumption in the recently renovated and enlarged clubhouse
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