GOLF What’s in the shed


Jacobsen GP 400 greens mower Jacobsen G Plex 3 greens mower


Jacobsen TR3 x 2 - for tees and approaches


Jacobsen 305 fairway mower John Deere 8800A first cut mower


John Deere 9009A semi rough mower


John Deere Pro Gator John Deere HPX Gator Jacobsen Cushman John Deere 4066R tractor John Deere 4520 tractor New Holland TC27D tractor Toro Greens pro-1200 Turf iron Team Demount 600L sprayer Dakota 410 spinner top dresser Jacobsen TD1500 drop topdresser Wiedenmann Terra Spike XF Sisis Rotorake 1000 scarifier Sisis slitter Sisis Flexi-Brush Amazone GHLT 1500 flail collector Fleming 10TOP5 topper Doosan DX27Z 360 digger Terex 3000KR 3 tonne dumper Bomag 120 3 tonne road roller Browns mole plough Stihl brushcutters x 4 Stihl hedgecutters x 2 Allen hover mowers x 3 Stihl blowers x 3


John Deere rotary mowers x 2 Chainsaws x 2


key, keeping it just ticking over rather than lots of peaks and troughs.


From November to February, I’ll add sulphate of iron as and when we need it to our monthly app to control moss, plus strengthen the plant against disease, but I’m looking to reduce this application this year and only use it if I really have too. What we have been doing seems to work as we have been fungicide free now for twelve months. We did have a bout of fusarium back in December as we were sitting at about ten degrees and it was damp, so we would go out and hand tine, core patch and seed the affected areas and try and bring it through that way. The main aim is to go fungicide free from now on, especially when so many active ingredients have been taken off the market in recent years.”


Since the new owners took over the course, they have backed Tom and the greenstaff and invested in new machinery to help improve the course. “I have two machines on lease at the moment; the tractors and a couple of the mowers we have bought outright, and I have the old fleet still running, which we are looking at replacing within the next year or two. At least, that is the plan. We like to use our


local dealer Masons Kings when purchasing our machinery and, being just down the road, it’s ideal for me to go and pick up spare parts. All our machines are serviced, repaired and reground in house by our self- employed ex John Deere mechanic who works out of our sheds.”


Tom likes to do as much as he can to help maintain and improve the ecology around the course. “We have just seeded out a wildflower meadow and incorporated bug hotels. All our flailing, hedge cutting and any major tree work is done outside the bird nesting season before March, weather depending. We have put out bird boxes around the course and would like to add bat boxes. Having such a large site, we can let quite a lot of areas go ‘back to nature’ so that the wildlife can thrive.”


13th green 20 PC October/November 2019


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