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sustainability: minimal input; look after nature; look after the environment; look after ecology; stick to proven techniques; move forward from there. I’m working with the R&A because I’d like to try to promote that wherever I go.”


These policies and constraints mean the club needs to take an unusual stance on whether it’s necessary to retain products and tools in‐house:


“We only fertilise the greens three or four


times per year. I’ve just done so with a granular and accompanied that with a wetting agent. Then, we’ll do it once more in July and once with a turf hardener around October.”


“We only, therefore, have to purchase products when we use them. So, we very rarely keep stock. Because then, the club can keep those finances in the account rather than sitting around as assets.” “We still spend a lot of our days cutting


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like most. Presentation is still the number one priority. It’s very important to us that the course be easy on the eye.” “One difference for us is that we spend quite a lot of time shovelling sheep dung as well. It naturally can’t be on the tees or greens, so we keep an eye on that.” “That isn’t too bad at this time of year, because only one of the three farmers who has access to the land allows his sheep up here. In summer, it can be more like 250


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