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Golf Course Architecture Green Pages, Our Annual Guide to Suppliers to the Worldwide Golf Course Industry, Is to Help You Assemble That Team GREEN PAGES 2019 The golf course supplier directory WELCOME WELCOME Outstanding teams n 2018, we saw an outstanding team working together for success. In the Ryder Cup, Europe’s golfers were, as Iindividuals, ranked lower than their USA counterparts. But, with a performance that was appreciated – if not necessarily enjoyed – both sides of the Atlantic, they demonstrated that the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts. A successful golf facility is also the result of an outstanding team. Golf clubs work together with golf course architects, construction companies, RICHARD HUMPHREYS turf suppliers, irrigation firms and many others, to create an enjoyable experience that attracts golfers, old and new. At the same time, a successful golf facility can enhance the environment, support the local community and give people an opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors. The purpose of Golf Course Architecture Green Pages, our annual guide to suppliers to the worldwide golf course industry, is to help you assemble that team. In the following pages, you can find out more about a wide range of businesses that offer products and services for the golf course industry. Our supplier directory is the perfect place to start if you are looking to get a project underway at your own golf facility. GCA Green Pages is also available online, as a fully searchable directory. Just visit www.golfcoursearchitecture.net/greenpages to search by company name, type of product or service, or country. From all of us at Golf Course Architecture, we wish you all the best for 2019 and hope a successful year lies ahead. 1 Turf care tool kit SPONSORS BMS manufactures a full selection of fine turf and general course maintenance tools. We guarantee our products are everything you need to produce incredible results. Engineered for the job and proven to last. Contact Us: +44 1582 758444 www.bmsproducts.com [email protected] Turf Care Tools • Sarel Spikers • Seed Slotters • Dew Brushes SPONSORS With thanks to our sponsors for the 2019 edition of GCA Green Pages: Atlantic Golf Construction (see page 35 or visit www.atlanticgolfconstruction.com) BMS (see page 37 or visit www.bmsproducts.com) ByWater Services (see page 38 or visit www.bywaterservices.co.uk) Golf Optimum (see page 47 or visit www.golfoptimum.fr) Inturf (see page 51 or visit www.inturf.com) MJ Abbott (see page 55 or visit www.mjabbott.co.uk) Rain Bird Europe (see page 57 or visit www.rainbird.eu/golf) SOL Golf International (see page 62 or visit www.solgolfconst.com) PARTNERS Golf Course Architecture and GCA Green Pages are published with the support and guidance of: American Society of Golf Course Architects (see page 34 or visit www.asgca.org) European Golf Course Owners Association (see page 43 or visit www.egcoa.eu) European Institute of Golf Course Architects (see page 44 or visit www.eigca.org) GEO Foundation (see page 46 or visit www.sustainable.golf) 3 GREEN PAGES 2019 The golf course supplier directory ISSN: 1759-2356. Printed in Great Britain Richard Humphreys by Buxton Press. Editor © 2019 Tudor Rose Holdings Ltd. All rights reserved. Bruce Graham, Libby Sidebotham No part of this publication may be stored or transmitted Design or reproduced in any form or by any means, including whether by photocopying, scanning, downloading Chris Jackson onto computer or otherwise without the prior written permission from Tudor Rose Holdings Ltd. Website Development Views expressed in Golf Course Architecture Green Pages Ålands Golf Club; Bywater Services; David Cannon/Getty Images; are not necessarily those of the publishers. Acceptance Graham Humphries; Inturf; Larry Lambrecht; of advertisements does not imply official endorsement Michel Niedbala; Whitemoss of the products or services concerned. While every Photography care has been taken to ensure accuracy of content, no responsibility can be taken for any errors and/or Toby Ingleton omissions. Readers should take appropriate professional Publisher advice before acting on any issue raised herein. Benedict Pask The publisher reserves the right to accept or reject Publication & Sales Manager advertising material and editorial contributions. The publisher assumes no liability for the return of Kimberley McLean unsolicited art, photography or manuscripts. Shelly Palmer It is assumed that any images taken from sources which Account Managers are widely distributed, such as on the Web, are in the public domain. It is recognised though that since such Ritwik Bhattacharjee images tend to be passed freely between sources it Circulation is not always possible to track the original source. If copyrighted material has ended up being treated as Stuart Fairbrother public domain due to the original source not being Production Manager identified please contact the publisher, Tudor Rose. www.golfcoursearchitecture.net/subscribe Subscribe Tudor House, 6 Friar Lane Leicester LE1 5RA PEFC Certied Tel: +44 116 222 9900 This product is www.tudor-rose.co.uk from sustainably managed forests and controlled sources Published by Tudor Rose PEFC/16-33-576 www.pefc.org 5 CONTENTS Adare Manor 550,000 cubic metres of earth moved 31,000 square metres of bent grass 250,000 linear metres of sand slitting 7,200 square metres of bunkers 250,000 tonnes of sand 9 hectares of premier driving range 93,500 linear metres of drains 141 staff 80,000 square metres of turf 7 months of rigorous work 50,000 tonnes of gravel On time completion Atlantic Golf Construction [email protected] www.atlanticgolfconstruction.com Consistently delivering the highest quality golf course project CONTENTS ON THE COVER Royal Portrush, host of the 2019 Open Championship Photographed by: David Cannon 08 18 Inturf’s Alex Edwards provides Rain Bird provides an insight an insight into the company’s into the renovation project at work at Carnoustie Alands Golf Club in Finland 10 20 SOL Golf’s Michael O’Leary Golf Optimum’s Michel Niedbala reflects on the constructor’s gives an insight into recent success environment considerations Adare Manor in golf course design 13 Whitemoss’s involvement at 23 550,000 cubic metres of earth moved 31,000 square metres of bent grass Celtic Manor has seen them ByWater Services’ 250,000 linear metres of sand slitting 7,200 square metres of bunkers work on a drainage system that environmentally friendly 250,000 tonnes of sand 9 hectares of premier driving range can deal with heavy rain wash-down and water recycling system 93,500 linear metres of drains 141 staff 14 80,000 square metres of turf 7 months of rigorous work Royal Norwich Golf Club is one 27 50,000 tonnes of gravel On time completion of several MJ Abbott projects The GCA Green Pages currently in the works Supplier Directory 16 Atlantic Golf Construction [email protected] Robert Justich of Atlantic Golf Construction provides an insight www.atlanticgolfconstruction.com into the firm’s work thus far Consistently delivering the highest quality golf course project 7 INTURF Perfect Carnoustie Alex Edwards, joint managing director of Inturf, provides an insight into the constructor’s work at the Open Championship venue nturf has been involved with Carnoustie for 15 to get the balance of making the round almost too years and has seen significant progress over that difficult, yet not impossible. Itime, plus the sheer hard work and effort that goes We started by supplying our Masters turf, a blend into preparations for two Open Championships, not of slender creeping red fescue and chewings fescue, to mention numerous other tournaments. for Carnoustie’s own turf nursery. That eventually The skilled and highly-motivated team at Carnoustie gets used for building bunkers and on other areas puts a lot of emphasis on producing one of the most of the course including bunker surrounds, fairways challenging and best golf courses in the world with and spectator areas. Another turf type, Classic turf, its constant appetite for changing and improving the containing dwarf perennial ryegrass and fescue golfing experience. It takes years to hone this practical grasses, has been used as well over the years, for areas expertise and vision of exactly what the golfer requires that need slightly better durability, for instance on 8 some walkways that are not necessarily in the eye of the course preparation and helped in the planning and camera, but play an important role nonetheless. implementation of certain projects, allowing them All of the turf is grown to the very highest greenkeeping time to construct and establish areas that otherwise standards at one of our three turf production nurseries in might not have been ready. East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. These Congratulations to Sandy Reid, Craig Boath and his sites have been chosen for the finest soil types, semi-arid team, who took on one of the ultimate and enviable climate and infrastructure. jobs in the industry. We wish everyone at Carnoustie Our strong partnership has proven to stand the all the very best in carrying on the good work. test of time, which is underlined by our length of service for the club. In the same way, our turfgrass For more on Inturf, turn to page 51 products have been useful in many aspects of golf or visit www.inturf.com Photos: Inturf Inturf has been involved at Open venue Carnoustie for 15 years 9 SOL GOLF Successful times at SOL Golf Michael O’Leary explains why SOL Golf is now among the strongest names in golf course construction in Europe OL Golf has been in the golf construction first to test the new facilities during a soft opening. business for over 20 years. The past few years SOL Golf has just completed the eighteen-hole S have been successful for the company, with course at Österåkers Golfklubb outside Stockholm highlights including projects in Ireland, Scotland and in Sweden.
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