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You can add Dominic Lewis to your list! In very short time he is already making huge strides, to everyone’s delight, in returning Royal Ashdown Forest to its true linksy heritage.
Dear Ted,
I must get down and join you for a game, it is ages since I came.
Lorne
Martin Gunn. Temple Golf Club should in my opinion be one of the first added to the list of greenkeepers, sadly forgotten by most, as a leading light of sustainable golf. Fescue bent and the running game. Meadow rough devotee and a great teacher of all of these.
Dear Frederick, Martin gave a talk at the first FineGolf Running-Golf Day in 2013 and I must agree with you.
In the early days started by Old Tom Morris the greenkeeper was also the pro. How long did that go on for, and who were the key people during this period?
I also wonder if on many courses we could not revert.
Comments please
Dear David,
There were too many to mention but also at places like Dornoch the secretary John Sutherland was the greenkeeper, and to this day many greenkeepers, like the brilliant Mike Evans at Royal North Devon, become secretaries.
Best wishes, Lorne
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