Greenkeeper communication
Greenkeeping is an enjoyable, outside, hands-on role where the satisfaction of achievement can be clearly seen. This has allowed some course managers to ignore the importance of bringing their club members and officials with them in understanding what has to be done in providing the high performance surfaces for all-year-round golf.
Should it be left up to the outside consultant agronomist or Chairman of Green ? FineGolf believes the modern professional greenkeeper needs to be a visionary and :
A crucial part of the modern greenkeeper’s skill is communication.
FineGolf encourages course managers to have a FAQ page on their club’s website. CLICK HERE to read about this initiative.
Another encouraging phenomena is when greenkeepers develop their own blogs.
Below are links to interesting greenkeeper blogs.
http://envillegcgreenkeeping.blogspot.co.uk/ Jonathan Wood, Superintendant at Enville’s two courses.
http://www.royaldornoch.com/FAQ Iain Riddell, course manager at Royal Dornoch’s two courses.
http://aldeburghgreenkeeping.blogspot.co.uk/ Mark Broughton, course manager at Aldeburgh
http://www.crudenbaylinks.blogspot.co.uk/ Alister Matheson, course manager at Cruden Bay
http://blog.standrews.org.uk/ Gordon McKie, course manager at St Andrews Old course
http://carnoustiegolflinks.blogspot.co.uk/ Sandy Reid, course superintendant at Carnoustie’s three courses
http://yelvertongreens.wordpress.com/ George Pitts, course manager at Yelverton
http://www.royalashdown.co.uk/pages/about/course-managers-faqs.php Chris Mitchell, course manager at Royal Ashdown Forest.
http://royalstdavidsgolflinksteam.blogspot.co.uk/ Rhys Butler, Course manager at Royal St David’s.
https://twitter.com/delamere_greens Andy Ralph (Delamere Forest Course Manager’s twitter blog.
http://www.naturalturfagronomy.com Jonathan Knowles’s agronomy website
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