GOLF Getting Personal
Terry Crawford - is it bedtime yet?
Who are you? Terry Crawford, Golf Course Manager at Clandeboye Golf Club.
Family status? Married with two children; one boy, one girl.
Who’s your hero and why? No real hero, but I must say Tiger Woods coming back is great for the golf game.
What would you change about yourself? I would like to improve my short game.
What’s your guilty pleasure? Black Bush whiskey.
What’s been the highlight of your career so far? Holding down a high profile job for thirty years in the same club and still wanting to come into work.
Which three people, living or dead, would you invite to a dinner party? Elvis, Tina Turner and Micky Flanagan.
If you could be anyone for a day, who would it be and why? Boris Johnson, so I could sort out Brexit.
Do you have any bad habits? Yes, not going to bed early enough.
Do you go to bed worrying about the next day's workload? Yes, I do, and I would be surprised if other course managers didn’t do the same. I think it has become the norm in our industry.
What are you reading at the moment? Don’t read that much, only related greens material.
What are your pet peeves? People who don’t respect rules and are lazy.
It’s also interesting to see when people do certain things at certain times of the year because it gets you thinking, and it's the same with seeing how people get on with different products
If you could go anywhere right now, where would it be? Playing golf in America and enjoying the great weather.
What’s the best part of your job? When talking to a new member and he says he should have become a member sooner.
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… and the worst? Talking to an older member and he says “I’ve seen the course better.”
Do you have a lifetime ambition? Yes, to retire at sixty with a good pension; well, definitely retire.
50 PC February/March 2020
Favourite record, and why? Surrounded, Fight My Battles, as this song gives me strength.
Who would you choose to spend a romantic evening with? The wife, and if she can’t make it, the girl friend then.
If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you would do? Get shot of the wife.
If you were to describe yourself as a musical instrument, what would you be and why? People say I would be a set of bagpipes as they say I have plenty of wind.
What's the best advice you have ever been given?Work hard and the money will come.
What’s your favourite smell? Black Bush whiskey.
What do you do in your spare time? Walk my two dogs and play golf.
What’s the daftest work related question you have ever been asked? “Do you think the course will be open on Saturday?” when it is only Wednesday and we are closed due to heavy rain!
What’s your favourite piece of kit? Air 2G2 and the Toro Pro Core 648 aerator.
What three words would you use to describe yourself? Loyal, friendly and dedicated.
What talent would you like to have? I would love to play the guitar.
What law/legislation would you like to see introduced? That all golfers could remove their ball from a divot on the fairway.
What’s in the shed?
Toro 3250 Greensmaster Toro 3550 Reelmaster Jacobsen Eclipse mower Toro Greens mower Jacobsen Triking 1900D x 4 Jacobsen LF 4677 x 2 Hayter T424 Toro 4700 Groundsmaster x 2
Kubota L3600 tractor Kubota L4200 tractor Kubota L5030 tractor Kubota STV36 Toro 648 ProCore John Deere Gators x 3 Wiedenmann Terra Spike Trimax rough mower
our local dealers. I have a multi-colour, multi-brand filled workshop. I buy the best machine, regardless of its colour.
“Out of all the equipment, I would say the Air2G2 and the Toro ProCore 648 aerator, along with my tractor mounted grader, are very useful machines.”
“Sometimes, we do hire in machines to carry out fairway vertidraining, clearing up cores and sanding fairways, if required.”
“There is also a large washdown area and pit that we constructed, which gets cleaned out three times a year,” he said.
Most outdoor sporting venues have some kinds of problems with various diseases and pests. Clandeboye Golf Club is situated near woodland which can add to the problem.
“When it comes to diseases, it’s mainly fusarium that affects us,” Terry said. “In terms of pests, we have had badgers digging up areas during the spring for a few years now.”
“Conservation and wildlife, when controlled, are very valuable to a golf course. With that in mind, I try and leave areas all around both courses that have any type of flower and colour that enhances the landscape.” “We put up fifteen bird
boxes last season and have also sown out some areas with wild annual flowers near tee boxes,” said Terry. The greenkeeping industry has endured its fair share of highs and lows over the years and Terry has certainly noticed some changes in his long career.
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