Twenty years ago, Wiedenmann UK’s National Sales Manager, Mike James, was a young operations manager watching the turfcare industry shift dramatically. “It was a pivotal time in the world of deep spiking,” Mike muses. “We’d brought out the Terra Spike…
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Seeding made simple: Wiedenmann Terra Float Air helps little and often
Wiedenmann’s Terra Float Air continues to prove its worth for turf managers working on busy, high-traffic golf courses—where closure is only an option in extreme weather. Calum Forsyth, Course Manager at Elgin Golf Club, has had his own Terra Float…
Hamilton Golf Club enters its ‘summer Wiedenmann phase’
Fleet of precision turf care machinery keeps course sharp, healthy, and tournament-ready Hamilton Golf Club has entered what Course Manager Neil Hogg calls its “summer Wiedenmann phase” — when its fleet of specialist turf care machines is fine-tuned for summer…
Aeration with Wiedenmann Terra Spike GXi8 regular as clockwork at The Royal Burgess
Chris Yeaman, Course Manager at The Royal Burgess Society of Golfers in Edinburgh, playfully jokes that he gives his aeration schedule ‘protected status’. “Aeration is an important part of the job; it’s so essential here, it’s entered into the planning…
Wiedenmann Super 500 to super charge rough management at at Panmure GC
Panmure Golf Club in Carnoustie, Angus, has added a Wiedenmann Super 500 sweeper collector to its fleet, principally for rough management duties. “Our last machine had over 30 years’ service; but as conditions needed to be dry for it to…
Prestwick GC replaces 15-year-old Wiedenmann XF6 with GXi8 HD
Prestwick Golf Club, the birthplace of The Open Championship, is one of Scotland’s oldest and most famous courses. A machinery replacement budget allows Course Manager, Dave Edmondson, an injection of capital, annually, to add and replace machines. “We made provision…
Gogarburn Golf Club secures STrac 700 plus coring & scarifier heads
Gogarburn Golf Club, on the outskirts of Edinburgh, has put its newly arrived Wiedenmann Maredo STrac 700 maintenance system straight to work. As soon as conditions were right, Course Manager, Gregor Russell, and his team of two, cored their parkland…
Elgin Golf Club’s Wiedenmann GXi8 HD instant hit and hastens greens coring change
Elgin Golf Club’s, head greenkeeper, Calum Forsyth, is a proud second-generation greenkeeper. Appointed to his role at the Moray club a year ago, he brings a wealth of experience from spells at Penrith GC, Nairn GC and nearby Carrbridge GC,…
ISEKI tractor and Wiedenmann blower double for Kinross House Estate
One of Scotland’s most notable private estates, which has unrivalled cultural and historical significance, has welcomed a Wiedenmann Whisper Twister blower and ISEKI TH 5420 compact tractor. Kinross House, in Kinross-shire, overlooks Loch Leven, the largest loch in the Scottish…
GXi8 HD aerator makes it a Wiedenmann double at Whitecraigs GC
Whitecraigs Golf Club, East Renfrewshire, has doubled its Wiedenmann Terra Spike fleet, from one to two. Proud owners of a 15-year-old XD6, the club has added a GXi8 HD to help the aeration needs of both their 18-hole and 9-hole…