In many years of zig-zagging my way around the fabulous golf courses we enjoy across the UK and Ireland, one thing that has hugely impressed me is their regular improvement in conditioning and presentation. Much is down to better equipment and materials, but perhaps even more is due to the better knowledge, skills and expertise of our hard-working greenkeepers. They are out in all weathers – sometimes before dawn, often until sunset – and while this is clearly a vocation and a pleasure for most, no one can deny it is anything but hard work.
Sunshine, fog, frost, rain, drought, sapping heat and biting cold; these are all elements that they experience first-hand. The trials are obvious but there are compensations, such as encounters with wildlife, amazing light and the…
