Category: Turf Care

Lots of phone calls and messages about Primo rates at the moment. Understandably people are concerned now about lower staffing levels or potentially having to shut down the golf course for a period. Primo is a turf care great tool to help reduce growth and could be a real help in the upcoming months helping…

Hi, Daniel Lightfoot here. I hope Glenn doesn’t mind me gatecrashing his great blog, but I’ve been out on a few different sites this week and just thought it was worth chucking my two pennyworth out there 🙂 There was a post the other day of Facebook saying something like “… hands up that, if…

The first two Turf Science Lite events have been a great experience. I really enjoyed some great insights into the research being undertaken by ICL’s Henry Bechelet and Dr Andy Owen as well as my first public appearance in a syngenta shirt. The facilities at the JCB venue were fantastic and my first presentation on…

Whilst having a dig around in the office cupboards (like you do when you start a new job) I stumbled across a Clegg hammer.If you’re not familiar with a Clegg hammer they’re an instrument used to measure the firmness of a surface and the thing of dreams to a course manager who is regularly defending…

The end of June 2018 is the last opportunity to purchase Rescue. This unique Herbicide has had unparalleled impact on golf courses across the UK – exemplified by the work of Paul Larson at Royal St George in Kent (pictured above). I’ve used this product a number of times in my career to deal with…

This is a great chance to introduce myself and go through a little bit of my background:I’m a self proclaimed turf geek with a long history in turf management. As a child I started out looking after our Village Cricket teams square with my Dad and my hobby soon evolved into a small business as…

Next week I’m heading out to Le Golf National near Paris, to look at some of the work we have been doing with Alejandro Reyes and the team out there, as they get ready to host The Ryder Cup. It’s beginning to get exciting and I’m looking forward to being part of the team. Now…