Sports Turf Consulting Ltd

Final day of 3 days away at Blackburn GC. The course has come on great in 14 months since my first visit. With no pop up irrigation and only very limited staff numbers the Greenkeeping team are bringing the course forward on greens and ecology work simultaneously. Good Job Team!

One of the nicest clubhouses in glorious sunshine at Lancaster GC. First spring agronomy visit and course coming into condition nicely for the busy period about to descend on Carl and his team. Spring blooms underway in an area choked by brambles - great work guys!!

First post construction agronomy visits for Meliden FC in North Wales. Pitch is virtually unmarked despite having taken matches and unofficial use in a public space! The only complaint “it almost drains too well”… in N. Wales I’ll take that!! Time for renovation & fertiliser.

In May/June as well as agronomy work and construction jobs I try to pop in herbaceous ecological survey work for existing clients who want to know what they’ve got and how to enhance their potential. Yesterday was just one of those days…

Just wonderful to hear that Dollar Spot is starting to do the rounds! Just when you thought subaqua Greenkeeping was bad enough the spotty devil returns!🙄

Day 3 of last week’s tour through Rochdale assessing a constructed pitch and then on to a new construction Sports Turf Consulting has specified and is Project Managing. 700 miles and 3 days on the road… time to hit reporting back to clients.😊

Yesterday a visit to Scarborough GC and a thoroughly interesting day it was. Followed by a slow 2+hour drive to Rochdale ready for pitch PQS and other tasks and a construction site visit in N Wales. Travel is a demanding part of consulting work and makes a long day… longer!

On a 3 day tour of visits with the first stop at Uttoxeter GC. While discussing management options a deluge hit and this scene unfolded… my warped humour mused on a caption “nice putt Dave pity a carp got in the way”! 🤣💦 Green dried in 15 mins - well done James Bland & team

Not often I see one quite so “interesting” but this made my post holiday 1st visit an interesting one… not the tidiest bowling green I’ve ever visited.

Rather nice to do a tennis club visit once in a while - this one over in Essex! Despite no irrigation and about 4 weeks with no rain I think they’ve done pretty well really! Lots to do to get them in to shape so this will be a fun journey for the club.

When rainfall moves fertiliser in release phase. Before folks get excited this was after an hourly equivalent of 251mm/hr!!😱. Fortunately it was just a 10-15 minute burst or we’d be building an ark!!

The constant drying north easterly blow for weeks now is taking its toll on courses and greenkeeper nerves alike, especially when irrigation systems have a fit! Surrounds & fairways are crisping up too. The moisture readings on greens have been insightful with huge variation!!💦

4th day at BTME largely in lectures and a bit of show presence too. Lots of things to see and note - if I’m convinced it stands up to scrutiny you can bet it’ll be part of out discussions with clients! Already bumped into lots of friends, industry colleagues and clients! 🙂

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Ecology work is has massive impacts on wildlife, playability, aesthetics, operational efficiency and employee and golfer satisfaction. It’s an honour to work with Sherborne GC utilising my Ecology skills specifically to develop an Ecology Strategy. fb.watch/fpjAec8lj9/

I’ve been a bit quiet lately on Here due to pressure of work and holidays… time for a catch up on some activities… m.facebook.com/story.php?sto…

It’s not often it’s this nice - one of those great days doing what I love most… helping a course managers and their club!🙂 As the Carlsberg ads used to say “we don’t do agronomy but if we did…”😉 After months of soakings, digging and deskwork it was soul tonic!