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RECRUITMENT Professional Grass Machinery Colony Club Gutenhof, Vienna, Austria SERVICE MANAGER 36 hole complex Established Major Franchise Dealer has the following vacancy We are looking for an experienced person to run and manage the Service side of our expanding Professional Grass Care and Domestic Machinery business. GREENKEEPING Salary negotiable. Relocation expenses if required. Applications with full CV marked Private and Confidential to: MECHANIC PO Box GI 9/1, c/o Greenkeeper International, BIGGA, Aldwark Manor, Aldwark, Alne, York YQ6 2NF Salary OS 13650 (approx £780) net per month paid 14 times per year. Three bedroomed apartment available to share with two English greenkeepers already on the staff. Birchwood Park Ltd The position carries five weeks' holiday per annum, require an with a paid flight to Austria ASSISTANT GREENKEEPER and full club membership. All accommodation is free. to join our motivated team committed to high standards of golf Send full CV and photograph to: course maintenance. Gary Moseley, Colony Club Gutenhof, The suitable candidate must hold minimum qualifications of City & Golfplatz Himberg, Guilds/NVQ Phase 1 and possible Phase 2. PA1 and PA2A Spraying 2325 Himberg, by. Vienna, Austria Certificates would be an advantage. Tel: 02235/87055-40 Apply in writing with full CV to: 0663/9194660 Mark Drake, Course Manager, Birchwood Club Ltd, Fax: 02235/87055-14 Birchwood Road, Swanley, Kent DA2 7HJ

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Bidford Grange Golf Club Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire wishes to appoint an experienced FIRST ASSISTANT GREENKEEPER Ideal opportunity for the right applicant. Experience of full USGA specification greens required. STONEBURIER STONERAKER Salary in the region of £14,000 to £15,000 subject to experience. SUPPLIERS OF A WIDE RANGE OF Apply in the first instance to: LANDSCAPING AND TURF CARE MACHINERY Mr B Hill, Director of Operations, Master Golfer, 73 Riverside, Deeping Gate, Peterborough PE6 9AR Weston Turville Golf Club, New Road, Weston Turville, Aylesbury, Bucks HP22 5QT Tel: 01778 342829 Fax: 01778 341098 GRASS NOTES

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Age? 68 years-old. The first one You keep mentioning The Bel- was played in Worcester Mas- fry. Since 's involvement sachusetts in 1927. has the match ever been played outside the UK? No but in 1997 Where and when is it? Oak Hill, it is to be played at Valderrama in New York on September 22-24. as a mark or respect for all that Seve has done for European Why is it called the Ryder Cup? golf. It was named after St Albans seed merchant Samuel Ryder who Has it ever been to Ireland? No. offered the gold cup for a bien- nial match between the golfers Why not? Haven't got a clue. It of Great Britain and Ireland and should have gone in '97 and the United States. Spain in 2001 but golf politics work in mysterious ways. You said Great Britain and Ire- land. Haven't I seen Seve Politics? Oh yes. It got so bad Ballesteros, that Lord Derby who was Presi- and Jose Maria Olazabal play dent of both the PGA and the major roles in the Ryder Cup? PGA European Tour renounced Well yes. The rest of Europe was Presidency of the European Tour. brought into the fold in 1979. Why? Well it used to be that the Why was that? It was becoming Ryder Cup was run by the PGA too easy for the Americans. but when the European Tour was born in the early 70s the Ryder Too easy? Yes. Of the 22 matches Cup players were members of it which had been played since So in effect we haven't won it the spectators though and is the and not always the PGA as well - 1927 and up to 1977 US had won for eight years? Well yes. I sup- only event where you will hear particularly when the European 18 of them, GB&I three and one pose so. cheering for a missed putt. players came on board. The Tour had been tied. GB&I hadn't won a therefore wanted more control of match since 1957 and before that Why is that? Europe has a small Why is that? Well a missed putt The Ryder Cup but the PGA 1933. core of superstars and they gener- by one is a won hole or match for didn't want to give it up as, - ally have to play all five matches the other side. ticularly nowadays, it generates Whose idea was it to bring in in the three day Ryder Cup for- huge sums of money in television Europe? wrote to mat and are often tired when the Any examples? Bernhard Langer rights and sponsorship deals. Lord Derby, President of the PGA, crucial singles come along on the missed a six footer which would saying that the matches would Sunday. have halved the 1991 match at Any examples? Well that's why die if the GB&I team wasn't Kiawah Island and the whole of you'll find that the matches when strengthened. What are our chances this year? America went wild. in Europe will now always be Er. Not good. played on relatively new courses Who were the first "Europeans" Is that the most famous putt in which are prepared to pay for the to play? and Why? We changed our selection Ryder Cup history? Probably or privilege and not one of many . process so there was a fair chance it might be the birdie putt Sam wonderful traditional courses we couldn't pick our best players. Torrance holed on the final green Europe boasts. How did they do? They won one of The Belfry in 1985 to clinch point between them and Europe How do you mean? We've gone the first win since 1957. Any others? Most people won't lost 17-11. from three Captain's picks to two see it this year because the televi- Captain's picks and with some of What's the most famous non- sion rights have been sold to Have they made a difference our best golfers playing on the US putt? That would be the 18 BSkyB. since then? Undoubtedly Europe Tour and others not competing incher Jack Nicklaus gave Tony lost by the narrowest of margins too often on the European Tour Jacklin in 1969 which guaranteed Most likely to happen? Uncle in 1983, won in historic fashion several have not managed to get the first tied match. Tom Cobley and his friends will at The Belfry in 1985. Retained into the 10 automatic places. be allowed inside the ropes block- the Cup in the States for the first Will that happen this year? Not ing the views of the paying gal- - ironically defeating US Captain That was a little silly wasn't it? likely. Nicklaus wasn't universally leries, the American wives will be Jack Nicklaus on his home Muir- No comment. popular with his teammates then dressed like Auntie Samantha field Village Course - and tied and would be lynched now. and provide enthusiastic chants when it was played again at The How important is the Ryder of "Go USA". Belfry in 1989. Cup? It's the most important Any other famous shots? Christy team event but the players O'Connor hit a superb 2- to Least likely to happen? Europe How about since then? Europe would all rather win a Major than the 18th green at The Belfry in gets back on the winning track lost by the narrowest of margins win the Ryder Cup. It does '89 to defeat and and is praised in both 1991 and '93. induce severe patriotism among had a hole-in-one at for his handling of the team. Scottsi Autumn/Winter Coated Fertilisers

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