Chris with his favourite piece of kit - an Infinicut mower
see a good establishment of grass and be in a much better place for when the players come back.”
Chris talks me through how he got into the industry. “My old man was working for a few companies around here selling Jacobsen, Textron and other various machinery. He heard Teign Valley Golf Club was looking for an apprentice greenkeeper, so I started there on a youth training scheme where I did my NVQ Level 2 in sports turf. After two years, I moved to Hele Park Golf Club as Assistant Greenkeeper where I did my NVQ Level 3 in Sports Turf and spraying certificates in the ten years I was at the club. When the head greenkeeper left, I was helping to run the course alongside the owner, but was never officially given the ‘Head Greenkeeper’ title. I was then approached by Torquay United FC who knew about me through someone coaching in their youth department, who is the Course Manager at Dartmouth Golf Club and was lecturing part-time when I was doing my level three. I went down for a chat and ended up spending six years there as head
