GOLF


With the killers going off the market, and with what


remaining active ingredient was in the soil wearing off over the last few years, worms have been rife


by Bernhard & Company. “We firstly had to apply through BIGGA and answer some essay questions about the industry, where we thought it was heading and our opinion on different matters within the industry. From the eighty that applied, twenty were selected for interview and ten were selected from there for the trip.” David was lucky enough to be selected and headed off to Orlando towards the end of January.


Whilst there, he enjoyed two full days of educational seminars, manned both the BIGGA and Bernhard stands at the show and visited some of the top golf and sporting facilities in the area to see how


they are run. “It was a once in a lifetime experience,” he said.


David is grateful for the help and guidance that Daryl Smethurst gave him in their fifteen years working together at the club. “He taught me a lot over the years and, in the last few years when he knew he was leaving, he kind of put me in charge as Head Greenkeeper. He looked over my shoulder for eighteen months to make sure I was doing everything right, and that I wasn’t going to blow the place up or break anything. This gave me the chance to manage the lads at the same time as gaining the experience I needed before I took over.” David is responsible for his budgets, but he is trying to input a new way of looking at how the club spends their money. “I will put a rolling figure for supplies, renovations and maintenance to the greens chairman who will then present that to the main committee. Then the finance officer will give me the verdict on whether they can afford it or not. I’m looking at a different way of doing things. It’s ridiculous that golf clubs are run based on ‘I think we will get this many members and we’ll bring this much in for next year’,


Head Greenkeeper David Roberts 16 PC February/March 2020


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