GOLF
Aerial view of the Georgian clubhouse and the new look 18th green and its bunker surrounds
“Members don’t want to see us constantly digging holes and waiting for us to get out of the way. We have a diary that keeps the programme under control. If we want to do coring, say, we make sure it isn’t the same day from week to week. It’s a way of keeping members from feeling they’re hindered by routines. We call it guerilla greenkeeping.”
Jon believes that to be a successful
greenkeeper, more than anything, you have to get to know your club members. A novel way he does this, and an indication of just how passionate he is about preserving the downland environment, is that once a year in late July he organises a fauna and flora day open to all members, their family and friends. Usually, around a hundred or so enjoy an educational - strictly non-golfing - tour of the course site to learn about downland geology, the species of grass,
You do always have to bear in mind that the course is theirs, not ours, and our
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role is to provide conditions for them to play and enjoy the game of golf
20 PC August/September 2018 The Colt look of Effingham, preserved yet modernised
wild plants and flowers that flourish on the chalk downs, and the wildlife and birds that make their home there.
Jon also uses the day as an opportunity to tell members something about the course care carried out by his team, and the ongoing woodland management programme. “You do always have to bear in mind that the course is theirs, not ours, and our role is to provide conditions for them to play and enjoy the game of golf. I think the bunker project, now it’s been successfully completed, has helped them appreciate how much effort has been put in to keeping their Colt course as special as it was back in 1927.”
What’s in the Shed
John Deere 2500s for greens, tees, approaches and surrounds x 5 John Deere fairway mowers x 2 John Deere 1600 rough mower John Deere 8800 semi- rough mower John Deere 1445 rough mower
Gambetti sprayer attached to a Grillo power unit Dakota spin dresser Toro turbine blower Toro 648 Procore John Deere tractors x 2 John Deere Gators x 5 Topdressing brushes x 2 Tru-Turf roller Weidenmann GXI aerator Turfmech TM 5 leaf collector Hunter Grinder
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