News
Ryegrass rivalry at RStG & RCP
How does ryegrass influence how a golfer plays a course?
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Quality trees, not Quantity
John Nicholson gives robust advice to Golf Club leaderships
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A new aristrocratic course
Boxhill, Surrey sees a fine fescue course created
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FineGolf’s “Vision for Golf “
15 years on it comes down to the leadership at National and local Club level.
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Will you become a Golf Criminal?
New ball rule changes need to be ammended.
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Drone & AI technology
can help The R&A’s ‘Sustainable Agronomic Policy’
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West Lancashire
Updated review of 150th anniversary book and course.
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Hickory foursomes Tips
Lorne advises Dornoch’s juniors on playing hickory foursomes
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John Philp MBE congratulates
He defines the ‘original’ game and calls for a discussion on The R&A’s role
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Course architects please listen
Faversham being returned to Dr Alister Mackenzie’s design and condition
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Ballyliffin, Portsalon, Castlerock,
Narin & Portnoo, Cruit Island
Click individual course names to read reviews
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Royal Dornoch’s general manager
Neil Hampton on the original and most enjoyable game.
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Pesticides ban update
Norbert Lischka tells how ‘non-fine grass’ courses can cope.
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Minehead West Somerset review
Great value, classic out & back flat links with mostly firm fescue greens
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Brian Ward congratulates
The invigilator of Top 100, Sec of GSGB, spills the beans on the 1600 courses he has played around the world.
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Philip Truett congratultes
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Inaugural Hickory Ashes Match
Britain wins first ever Hickory Golf Ashes Match at Royal North Devon
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Woodbridge CM interviewed
Paul Lawrence explains how inland Woodbridge has been transformed from ‘Target’ to ‘Three Dimensional Running’ golf.
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Rye Jubilee
Reviewed, plus a list of England’s courses with the finest greens that give golfers the best performance and pleasure.
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St Andrew’s 8th puzzle solved
Jess Stiles shows puzzles invariably involve the running game and require firm surfaces.
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Ball roll-back & sweet spot rules
FineGolf and John Philp MBE analyse the latest controversy where the manufacturers are laughing all the way to the bank
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4th golf & Whisky book
Andrew Brown’s latest book reviewed from Scotland’s East side.
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Jess Stiles
joins FineGolf’s Advisory Panel and starts a series of articles about enhancing “golfer’s enjoyment”
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The challenge of managing gorse
by Nick Jones one of the exceptional club leaders of Hollinwell
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Golfer’s enjoyment should be The R&A’s priority
FineGolf calls on The R&A to invest in a major marketing programme
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Hoylake 2023 Open
Was it set-up for a running course Open Championship?
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Tandridge and Royal Blackheath
High quality Parkland Target golf with scrumptious food and wine
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Malcolm Duck retires
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Why Dornoch attraction success ?
Conservationist greenkeeper Eoin Riddell interviewed & reveals all.
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Ruminations of a golfer putting
Royal St George’s greens show how type of grass affects putting roll-out and borrow.
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Le Touquet La Mer
First FineGolf continental review along with Hardelot Les Pins
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Pitchmark indentation an extra measurement of firmness
Greenkeepers can use new measure to better connect with golfers
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Golf Enjoyment
R&A ‘sustainable greenkeeping’ policy focus on golfers’ enjoyment?
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New Coul Links
Will SNP politics stop Coul Links again?
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Thanks to
R.St.G’s Fine Grasses Triumvirate
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Tom Williamson
‘The Complete Golf Professional’
by Nick Jones: reviewed
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Whisky and Golf
Andrew Brown’s third and best book
whisky and golf across the continent
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Wallasey reviewed
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Running golf
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Delamere dogs
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Goswick
at 130 year anniversary
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Why subscribe
to FineGolf ?
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Cumbrian enjoyment
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The Faversham Story
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The spirit of Integrity
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Dornoch &
Rubinstein
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South West England
courses report
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Gullane
The heart of a traditional running-golf village
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BTME Report
Grass selection, Soil biology, Fertiliser cost,
Ryegrass, R&A GC2030, Weather.
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Hillside
From out of the shadow
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Herbert Fowler
Markham/Truett book reviewed
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Woodbridge
Heathland and fine grass returned
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Tree Popper
Ideal for heathland courses
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green committees
What is their role?
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Murcar
Full review of fine course
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Ted Dexter
a tribute
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Support the MBE
for Paul Larsen
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The truth of
Royal St George’s
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Pennard
Awarded a 5 Star ‘Joy-to-be-alive’ FineGolf feeling alongside Royal Porthcawl in South Wales
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Aberdovey
Bernard Darwin quotes + criticism of
Natural Resources Wales activists
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Golf in 1888
beautiful compilation of articles
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Greens Rollers
by Baroness
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Soil Biology
Can it help fine grasses?
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Golf dog interview
and Dexter inducted into:
Dog Golf Hall of Fame
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Open Fever
Pioneering family history who started
the Australian Open Championship
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Dunes emergency
New research at Montrose.
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Nairn Dunbar
Full review of changed running-golf links
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New Hollinwell history
Nick Jones researches EBook
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Woking Ramblings
by A.W.(Tony) Riley
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Askernish visited
in Taba Dale’s new book
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Royal Montrose
Full review
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Peter Alliss
Some thoughts
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Greenkeeper honoured
West Lancashire name 7th hole ‘Muir’
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Heather
and its part in the heath.
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West Hill
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Flempton
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Moorland Lanark
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Hollinwell (Notts.)
gives conservation lead to inland courses
with return to upper echelons of golf
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‘Fair Ways in
Ashdown Forest‘
by Colin Strachan, reviewed by FineGolf
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Royal Wimbledon
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Scott Ballentine
Worly’s successful secretary retires
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Bowing & Curtseying
A new warm way of greeting?
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The Meaning of Golf
by Craig Morrison & reviewed by FineGolf
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Saving the planet
Report on R&A ‘Golf Course 2030’.
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North Hants
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James ‘Shaig’ Logan
John Philp MBE gives an eulogy to one of
the most accomplished greenkeepers.
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Symbio Founder
Martin Ward tells 30 year story
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Bamburgh Castle
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Course architects
Advice from Norbert Lischka
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Mark Broughton
on setting up a running heathland
for a R&A tournament.
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Woodhall Spa
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Andrew Brown’s
New book on Whisky and running-golf
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Walker Cup
Happy thoughts
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Ball distance
What to expect from R&A review
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Luffness New
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Greenkeeping
Language
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Royal Portrush
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Gordon Irvine
on the problems with UK courses
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Fairway recovery
scarifying Luffness New fairways
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Hoylake Hero
Alistair Noake’s book reviewed
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Blairgowrie Rosemount
New review
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Piltdown
Update review
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Enjoyment
is key focus for greenkeepers
in BTME Report
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Borth & Ynyslas
Reviewed while threatened by Quango
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Malt Whisky and Scots golf Tour
new book by Andrew Brown
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Interviewed by
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Ecology
John Quinn MG’s answer to
greens performance
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Sean Power
Tribute to a much loved Pro
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Lewes
fine grassed downland with views
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Sky TV ignores
Stand-out issue at British Masters
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Chair of Green
John Beynon at Pennard confesses
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Sheringham
Royal Cromer
Running clifftop downlands reviewed
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Roger Morton
Hickory club repairer extraordinaire
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Walton Heath
Reigate Heath
reviewed
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Carnoustie Open
Critical review of opportunity lost
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Tree management
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High green-fees
and leadership
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Is golf a privilege?
The need for mutual respect between golfers and greenkeepers
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Threats to our
Finest courses
Royal North Devon suffers from
‘Natural England’ policy.
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Donald Steel
autobiography reviewed
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Denham
reviewed
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Augusta Syndrome
Disease (ASD)
Enville & Pennard review updates
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Gorse
Friend or foe?
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Fraserburgh
Peterhead
New reviews from Aberdeenshire
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FineGolf diary
1965 to 2018, interesting change in score-card names of club’s played
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Coul Links
News on American funded course near Royal Dornoch
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Billy Mitchell retires
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Perranporth
Cornish finest reviewed
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Downlands
Lewes joins 200 finest courses
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Norbert Lischka MG
joins FineGolf’s Advisory Panel
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Running-Golf Day
Videos published
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New reviews from Dorset
Broadstone
Parkstone
Ferndown
Isle of Purbeck
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Comment on Birkdale Open
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Royal Mid Surrey
gains greater historical importance
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Interview
with Steve Isaac
“R&A Director – Sustainability”
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Ted Dexter
joins FineGolf Advisory Panel
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Philip Truett
joins FineGolf Advisory Panel
& calls for 3-dimensional game
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Wentworth
The truthful review
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The Green illusion
Norbert Lischka talks colour
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Royal Birkdale
No.1 in the 1970s. Is it still?
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Running-Golf Day
at Notts/Hollinwell, Mon Sept 4th
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Lord Ted’s
speedier rules taken up by R&A
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Crisis reconciled
Norbert Lischka helps golf clubs
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Pantheon of the
Finest Greenkeepers
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Rye
Epitome of traditional running-golf
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Tom Simpson
by Jess Stiles, disciple and expert
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Dexter
Obituary of a special gun & golf dog
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GK equip article
Golfers! discover where your £s go
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Wilmslow
Fine-grassed, ‘Running-golf ‘ Parkland course reviewed.
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Fortrose &
Rosemarkie
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Goswick
Berwick-on-Tweed, reviewed
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Pesticides
FineGolf 2016 Report
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Royal Dornoch’s
Conundrum
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Paul Lawrie
Interviewed by Lorne
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New facts on
Green speed
by Norbert Lischka
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Michelson’s 62
Why did he miss his record breaking putt?
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Fast greens =
Slow play
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Royal Troon
Gailes Links
Reviewed
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Greenkeeper
Comms Training
evolutionary needs
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Fast greens
Too quick for The R&A and Geoff Ogilvy
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Ryl Worlington
updated review
Moor Park
New review
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Firmness
Agronomist and low handicap golfer puts fine grass and enjoyment together
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Golf ball myth
It is not being hit ever further
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Grass ID needs Funding
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Is GEO conservationist?
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Boat of Garten
Reviewed
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Organic matter
is it good to have under greens?
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Frilford Heath
Tadmarton Hth
Blackwell
Little Aston
New south and west Midlands reviews
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Finest Irish
R Portrush, R County Down, The Island, Portstewart, County Louth all Reviewed
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2015 Open anecdotes
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Lorne
interviewed by GolfClubAtlas
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Askernish
Royal St George’s
updated reviews
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Chambers Bay
exhilarates
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Jim Arthur’s inheritance
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Donald Steel
The State of today’s game
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Ganton
Liphook
new reviews
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Wide fairways
by Paul Gray
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Kingsbarns
Delamere Forest
new reviews
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Fast Fairways
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The Power of
fine and weed grass identification
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Sky v BBC coverage
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Aldeburgh
Thorpeness
Felixstowe Ferry
Askernish
Western Gailes
Turnberry
new reviews
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Royal Dornoch
The Renaissance
New updated reviews
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Timeless Luffenham Heath
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Royal St David’s, Conwy, Bull Bay, Prestatyn, Porthmadog, Aberdovey.
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Ball needs regulation?
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Tribute to
Nick Park
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Royal Aberdeen
A Serene Old Lady
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Four finest courses reviewed
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Royal Porthcawl
Open Championship standard
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Grasses explained
to non-experts
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Gordon Irvine &
Alistair Beggs join FineGolf
Advisory Panel
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awe inspiring
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Littlehampton
Hoylakesque
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Soil Biology Conference
Report from Royal Holloway
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VIDEOS
of Expert Panellists
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Hickory golf
explained to the ordinary golfer
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Littlestone
reviewed
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Soil Biology
explained to non-experts
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Gleneagles
Reviewed
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Golf Greens
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Trump attracting golfers,
Annual Ryegrass overseed
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Speedier Golf
Rules published
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thoughts
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Prestwick
reviewed
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Machrihanish Dunes
reviewed
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FineGolf helps
Bobby’s Open win
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Disrepute at
elite Masters
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Greenstester explained
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One of Britain’s most enjoyable
inland courses
Hankley Common
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FineGolf
by Nick Park
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Nation’s courses
by Alistair Beggs
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Panmure
A pedigree club near-by Carnoustie, reviewed
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Muirfield
2013 ‘Open’ venue reviewed
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gives a lead on The Open Championship
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Brilliant book by Peper/Campbell reviewed
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Tradition
and Progress
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Controversial
Trump reviewed
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FineGolf in North East
England Reviewed
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Crowborough
Reviewed
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Ryder Cup anecdotes
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Golf Monthly
reviews FineGolf
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Hail !
Hunstanton
returns from the ‘dark side’
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Where did Scott
lose The Open?
FineGolf’s view…
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BBC defended
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2012 Open venue
Royal Lytham & St Annes
Reviewed
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Saunton
The finest 36 holes of golf in the British Isles? READ MORE…
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Old Tom Morris’s
Masterpiece
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The future for
Golf courses
Natural biodiversity fits FineGolf READ MORE…
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