GOLF
The heather
management is huge and, if we get the equipment for that, it’s going to push on really quite quickly and we’ll see a big difference in that
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interest of mine, and I’ve done a lot of projects like it before, and the one at Royal Ashdown, in particular, was very successful. It’s something that really interests me, getting places back to heathland. I guess this isn’t a unique mix, but having more linksy characteristics one side of the road and more true heathland on the other side, with a bit of a mix in places, is almost like having two different golf courses.” “Two completely different areas, but both uniquely exciting and aesthetically nice.
You’ve got the House in the Clouds on this side whilst, on the other side, you’d think you were in the middle of nowhere. So our main focus is to try and tip the balance towards fescue domination in fairways and rough, and that’s a big long-term change. It is playable three-hundred and sixty-five days a year, but it needs to be more than playable; we want people to enjoy the experience and, in the last couple of winters, that has been happening. I wouldn’t have been happy to present it like it was, so that’s
our long-term goal.” “What’s happened over the years is
there’s been ingress of ryegrass. There’s been overseeding, I suspect, of ryegrass, which has diluted a lot of the characteristics of what should have been here, and what I think should be here now, which is more fescue dominated. The place droughts very quickly and the only thing that will survive that is decent fescue. So, we’ve been overseeding, but we’ll probably stop now because it’s getting a bit too late, but we’ll
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