Golf
What’s in the shed? John Deere TX Gators x 2 John Deere TS Gator Kawasaki Mule John Deere 2500B triplex greens mowers x 2 John Deere 2500E triplex greens mower John Deere 2500A triplex greens mower John Deere 2500 triplex greens mower Jacobsen G-Plex John Deere 3235c fairway mower Baroness LM2700 John Deere 2653a utility mower Jacobsen AR522 John Deere ProGatorA + HD200 John Deere ProGator + Propass Topdresser Smithco Roller Ferris zero-turn mower John Deere 1445 rotary mower John Deere 4710 tractor with loader John Deere 4520 tractor John Deere 3320 compact tractor Digger Agrimetal BM300 Tornado Blower Wiedenmann Rake Wiedenmann Brush Wiedenmann Super 500 Wiedenmann Core Recycler Wiedenmann Terra Spike XP6 John Deere Aercore 1.6 Kensett TB200 Contra-Brush
Various chainsaws, strimmers, hedgecutters and blowers Flymo hover mower Bearcat Chipper Toro Greensmaster 1000 x3 Hayter Harrier Blec Overseeder Charterhouse Overseeder Blec Groundbreaker Classen Turfcutter Wackerplate Trailers
GreenTek attachments: brushes, star slitters, scarifiers, sarrel rollers, verticutters, rollers, deep slicers, soft rotary brushes
Bernhard Grinders
“We purchase equipment outright from local dealers. I like to get the best machine for the job and the site, rather than sticking with one brand.
We have a Hydroscape wash down area that is compliant with current legislation.
We hire in an 8 tonne digger for any large project work. We also hire in an Air2G2 with operator twice a year, plus a tractor and 2m verti-drain to hollow core the fairways in spring and solid tine them in autumn. A tractor/flail/operator is brought in to tidy hedges around the course.”
24 I PC FEBRUARY/MARCH 2017
Drainage work on the 15th fairway
interaction. At the end of the day, members, golfers and greenkeepers should really all have the same goal. We have regular course presentation evenings, which are by myself and Greg Evans, to update members and it is a great time for Q&A. We also have sessions with members who are trained in the laws on golf to update all staff on what we should know with regards to rules. This offers a great opportunity to improve relationships.
Are you working on any special projects at the moment?
Lots! We started the winter by draining two greens collars. We have just finished adding over 1000m of drainage to the 15th fairway. We are currently in the middle of rebuilding the 16th tee and phase one of our bunker renovation started in January. As well as this, we have the normal leaf collection, ditch work, tree work and course presentation. You could say we are pretty busy!
Several tees have already been rebuilt and are working great. A lot of tree work has also taken place, with woodland and scrub areas being thinned out to be mown between, just leaving good quality plants and trees.
We have just started phase 1 of our bunker
redesign. Profusion Environmental are doing the bunker work, which is being designed by Tom MacKenzie. But we try to keep most projects in-house. We may pick the brains of the experts, but we will try to do the work ourselves. An example of this is that recently we hired in a trencher plus operator when we put 1000m of drainage on the 15th fairway.
Does your course suffer from specific disease outbreaks?
Fusarium and Anthracnose have appeared since my arrival in February. Fusarium is all over the country now and, with the increased wet and warm weather, there are periods of high disease pressure that we try to manage around to prevent an outbreak. Anthracnose came in at the end of July, however I am led to believe that this is the first attack of anthracnose in several years, so we will need to keep my eye on that.
How do you undertake pest and weed control?
Continually spraying for weeds when required. Pests are becoming a nightmare as all preventative sprays seem to be massively reduced.
Working on rebuilding the 16th tee
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