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Application of the wetting agent across the course has brought environmental gains too. I estimate that we now apply up to half the water we used to


apply up to half the water we used to.” In the midst of a three-year course


improvement programme that includes bunker/tee upgrades and woodland management, Colin can look back on how applying science helped solve a real bugbear on his fairways. “Members tell me they have never seen them looking better.” “We’ve extended the programme across


more of the course now. Lack of rain this spring has encouraged dry patch unfortunately, so we’ve targeted the worst


areas, successfully treating the side of one fairway under the tree overhang. The team is driving the whole course checking for outbreaks.” The seven-strong team retained at King’s


Lynn enjoys a full programme of continuing education - as you’d expect with Colin at the helm.


Deputy course manager Dale Morley, 41, is


a veteran of twenty-five years at the links course, whilst assistant greenkeeper and qualified mechanic Shaun Carroll, 50,


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handles all the machinery needs. “He worked for Hunters and is highly skilled,” says Colin, “tackling bottom brake and cylinder grinding among a host of other jobs. There’s not much he cannot do.” Assistant greenkeeper Alan Cawstone, 54,


also loves working here, clocking up nearly twenty years on site. Colin took on Tim Race, 22, as an


apprentice five years ago and has seen him train up on chainsaw operations. Sam Clark, 26, also joined the team as an


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