Alessandro De Luca, Agronomist and head of the Italian Golf Federation Green Section, is recognised as this months Champion of the Green for his outstanding management of Golf della Montecchia and his work to significantly reduce the courses water and pesticide use. Golf della Montecchia work closely with the IGF, extending the use of their […]
BGL Golf is our April Champion of the Green as it continues to show outstanding commitment to the longevity of its operations and is an industry leader in sustainable business management. In late 2014 BGL Golf became the first management group in the world to have all of its facilities GEO Certified®, demonstrating its leadership […]
Dundonald Links are recognised as this months ‘Champions of the Green’. Both Guy Redford (Director of Golf) and Amanda Dorans (Greenkeeper and Environmental Coordinator) have played instrumental roles in cultivating an ethos at the club that focuses on community integration, efficient operations and ensuring a positive environmental impact. Their dedication to the OnCourse® programme saw […]
The world-renowned Castle Stuart Golf Links and its team are recognized as this months Champion of the Green. This is an acknowledgment of the considerable economic and social benefit that the club provides to the local community, both by the success of hosting the Scottish Open from 2011-2013, and perhaps more importantly, by setting new […]
Gordon Moir (Director of Greenkeeping) is recognised as this months Champion of the Green for his outstanding management of The St Andrews Links golf courses and their significant contribution towards the community. As the first Open Championship venue to achieve initial certification and subsequent re-certification, Gordon Moir and his team are helping to demonstrate […]
This months champions of the green are the team at the Estonian Golf and Country Club. Led by CEO, Hanno Kross (pictured left), the team recently became GEO Certified™. Paul Marley, the Assistant Golf Course Superintendent responsible for the clubs sustainability measures explained, “The club has viewed sustainability as integral to operational policies since it […]
As part of their overall commitment to sustainability Broken Sound Club invested in a Central Composting Facility, to turn all available biodegradable waste into sterilized organic mulch. This is spread on the fairways and used in the landscape beds. $12,000 was saved on fertilizer expenditure in year one and the money invested in the composting […]
Finland’s first private golf club considered the amount of rough being maintained and with a more efficient rough maintenance plan they achieved cost savings of €3,500 in 2012. 392 fewer hours were spent mowing rough while fuel and machinery use was reduced. Savings in fuel were part of overall net savings of over €10k from […]
Auchterarder Golf Club converted a biodiversity-poor drainage problem between the 10th fairway and 12th green into a biodiversity-rich wetland feature with the creation of a pond water feature. Part-funding was secured through Landfill Tax Credits and Scottish Natural Heritage. The pond has been a great success story, removing a source of course maintenance headaches and […]
Looking to lower electricity use – and costs – Coventry Golf Club completely re-lamped the club’s buildings with low energy, sensor lighting. Solar panels were also installed to help reduce costs, with the excess electricity produced being sold back to the energy company. In the first full year since the work was done, the club […]
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2013 – San Diego, California, USA – February 8-11 The 86th CMAA World Conference on Club Management in San Diego, California began with a thunderous roar of applause from club managers across the world at the official opening, which was headlined by the aspirational Tommy Spaulding. Throughout the whole conference, the contingent of over 50 […]
