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Salaries have doubled since 1993
Salaries for US superintendents have doubled since the GCSAA’s first biennial survey in 1993.
Employers of golf course superintendents continue to reinforce the value they place in golf course facility leaders as the average annual salary for the profession climbed to more than $89,000 (£69,500) in 2017.
The average salary and additional data come from the latest biennial Compensation and Benefits Report from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). The 2017 report showed that the $89,189 average salary was an increase of 4.7 percent over the 2015 report, continuing the trend of increases in every two- year period since GCSAA began tracking the data in 1993. Superintendents' salaries have more than doubled in the last quarter century since that first report, when the average salary was $44,500 (£34.750).
Certified golf course superintendents, those who have achieved the highest level of recognition through education, experience and service, saw an increase of more than 5 percent for the second consecutive survey. Their average salary rose to $109,620 (£85,610), an increase of $5,627 (£4,394) over 2015.
More information about the 2017 Compensation and Benefits Report is available at
www.gcsaa.org
Investment plans for Musselburgh
Plans to make a substantial investment into the Musselburgh Links golf course - thought to be the oldest surviving course in the world where golf has been continuously played - have been outlined.
Golf has been played at Musselburgh Links since at least 1672, though Mary Queen of Scots was thought to have played there in the mid-1500s.
The idea is to take the historical golf course and recreate an authentic 19th century Open Championship venue using 21st century techniques. Golfers will get the expectation of a well- kept Open Championship venue, but with the quirks of 19th century golf.
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Golf clubs asked to share biodiversity data
A major UK biodiversity partnership is calling on greenkeepers and golfers to share crucial biological data
for UK users.
It also remains compatible to allow data to be shared globally. Future development
We will soon be developing the facility to allow users to submit sightings directly and share images. Club members could, for example, record their sightings and submit their data monthly or annually allowing you to see and analyse trends.
Get involved
A major UK biodiversity partnership is calling on greenkeepers and golfers to share crucial biological data with it to help educate the world. Mandy Henshall from the National Biodiversity Network (NBN) explains more:
Did you know that the UK has over 70,000 species of plants, animals and fungi? The wealth of our island's biodiversity is quite staggering.
Many of these species may be found on golf courses right across the UK. We know that many course managers are actively working to contribute to the rich biodiversity of the British Isles.
The mix of habitat and environment may form an ideal base to ensure many species flourish.
Every day thousands of species sightings are recorded and shared in the UK. This work is carried out by dedicated people who work tirelessly to help us understand our natural world and how it is changing.
In fact, biological data is recorded by many organisations and people.
It is collected using a range of systems and then verified by experts. It is curated by a wide
range of organisations and then shared regionally, primarily by local environmental record centres, and nationally via the NBN Atlas.
The NBN Atlas
The NBN Atlas is a free online tool that provides a platform to engage, educate and inform people about the natural world. It helps improve biodiversity knowledge, opens up research possibilities and changes the way environmental management is carried out in the UK.
The NBN Atlas is innovative because the combination of the multiple sources of information about UK species and habitats, and the ability to interrogate, combine and analyse these data - in a single location - has not been done before on this scale.
The NBN Atlas currently holds more than 217 million species records, approximately 30 per cent of all the worlds' biological data recordings.
A global system
The system is based on the open source Atlas of Living Australia infrastructure. The National Biodiversity Network has taken this platform and redesigned and remastered it to create a bespoke system that is exceptionally useful
You can use the NBN Atlas to find out more about biodiversity in your area to see how your site is contributing to the eco-systems locally or use information to help plan habitat management on your courses.
In the meantime however, you can use iRecord to upload what you have seen. If you need help with identification, then iSpot is a great place to start. If you don't want to record anything, but would like to see which species are in your area, then the NBN Atlas is a fantastic resource waiting to be explored. It also has a wildlife image library and general information about each species on the database. It is free to use and available to all.
The NBN
The National Biodiversity Network (NBN), a registered charity, has been championing the sharing of biological data in the UK since 2000, with the aim of improving the availability of high resolution and high quality data to provide a base for all environmental decision-making in the UK.
Resources: NBN -
www.nbn.org.uk NBN Atlas -
www.nbnatlas.org iRecord -
www.brc.ac.uk/irecord Email -
support@nbn.org.uk
BASIS Points for magazine subscribers
*BASIS awards two CPD points for ‘paid for’ subscribers to the hard copy version of Pitchcare magazine, due to the “diverse range of content that relates to the control, management and use of pesticides”.
Subscribers can now obtain a further two valuable CPD points for their Professional register, simply by paying for a subscription to the ‘hard copy’ version of the Pitchcare magazine.
Anyone wishing to claim their points should email their
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editor@pitchcare.com.
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