GOLF


We have to get the message over to golfers that more and more products are being removed from the market that help us control them and they need to bear with us


I like their units and how easy it is to set them up. We do have a mixture of machinery, that includes John Deere and Jacobsen, which will need replacing in the next few years either way. So, it is a matter of working out a plan of what needs replacing when and then presenting that to the club. Ideally, I would like to replace the whole fl eet with Toro machinery.” Greenkeeping is in Andy’s blood and you could say he was destined to carve out a career in the sports turf industry, as his dad is Course Manager at Burnham and Berrow Golf Club in Somerset.


“Ever since I was knee-high, I would go into work with my father and help out wherever I could. Once I got to year ten at school, I needed to decide what career path I wanted to take and greenkeeping was a natural choice. When I left school, I spent two years at Cannington College in Bridgewater and did my National Diploma in Sports Turf and, in the holidays, I would go to help my dad.” When Andy fi nished his course at the age


of eighteen, he had a big decision to make. He was given a great opportunity at Carden Park, but this meant packing his bags and moving to the Northwest; a daunting prospect for anyone. It has now been sixteen years since taking that step and he has made the Northwest of England his home. Andy describes how the opportunity came about: “I phoned Andy Campbell at Carden Park to see if there were any positions available and, luckily for me, he was looking for an assistant greenkeeper. After the interview, I got the job and was off ered staff accommodation and, since that day, I haven’t looked back. After three years, I left and took up a position at St Anne’s Old Links course with Stuart Hogg. After two years, family commitments led me back to Carden as a senior greenkeeper.” “In 2013, I joined Pryors Hayes Golf Club in Chester as head greenkeeper until this job came up, which I certainly see as a progression in my career. Pryors was a proprietary owned golf club, whereas Chester is a member’s club. The added


bonus is that it’s closer to home and, being honest, it’s the only club in the area I would have gone to without having to move out of the area again.”


Andy wanted to give a special mention to three men who have greatly infl uenced and supported him throughout his career so far. “First is my dad, Richard Whyman - who fi rst introduced me to the industry as a young lad, Stuart Hogg and Andy Campbell. When you are working for them, you do not appreciate how much you have learnt until you step away and take on the responsibility yourself.”


What’s in the shed


Toro Greensmaster TriFlex Hybrid 3420 greens mower


Toro Groundsmaster 4500-D rotary mower


Toro Reelmaster 5610-D cylinder mower


Toro Greensmaster 1000 walk-behind cylinder mowers x 2


John Deere 8700 PrecisionCut fairway mower


John Deere 2653B PrecisionCut reel mowers x 3


Jacobsen TriKing cylinder mower


John Deere X495 lawn tractor with collection box


Massey Ferguson 1260 tractor John Deere 3520 utility tractor John Deere 3720 front loader John Deere 4520 compact tractor Kubota L5040 tractor Wiedenmann Terra Spike GXI8 John Deere Aercore 1500 Many other bits and bobs


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