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…
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Less thatch as Linlithgow GC secures 2.3 m Wiedenmann Terra Rake
Linlithgow Golf Club has taken delivery of a 2.3 m width Wiedenmann Terra Rake, from Wiedenmann UK Scottish dealer, Fairways GM at Kinross. Course Manager, Phil Montgomery said “I’d been eyeing one up for a while. The rake pulls up…
Wiedenmann Super 600 is Crail Golfing Society’s new rough champion
Fife’s Crail Golfing Society, the seventh oldest club in the world, has enhanced its rough management programme with a Wiedenmann Super 600, 3-in-1 flail mower and collector. Across the Society’s two glorious 18-hole courses, the Old Tom Morris -designed Balcomie…
Terra Float Air helps Royal Dornoch’s quest to overseed ‘little & often’
Imagine your club is in the northerly outreaches of the UK and has truly unpredictable Scottish coastal weather. Next, factor in that you are a bucket list destination, with 36 holes, and the whole season’s tee times are fully booked…
Wiedenmann Mega Twister blows in new era at Buchanan Castle GC
Buchanan Castle Golf Club, at Drymen, is within touching distance of Loch Lomond. Twenty miles from both Glasgow and Stirling, the parkland course, designed by the legendary James Braid, lies in the foothills of the Scottish Highlands. At the start…
Forres GC secures Super 500 to tackle rough & leaves
Head greenkeeper at Forres Golf Club, Ross Macleod, has chosen a Wiedenmann Super 500 for productivity and versatility. The 4-in-1 sweeper collector was delivered by Scottish Wiedenmann UK dealer, Fairways GM, out of their Aberdeen depot. “It is going to…
Retiring Ronnie makes two last purchases for Buchanan Castle GC team
Buchanan Castle GC’s course manager, Ronnie Myles, retires on May 29th after 50 years’ greenkeeping, the last 15 years as head greenkeeper at the Drymen club. In a busy career, Ronnie has also worked at clubs in East Kilbride, Erskine,…
Wiedenmann Terra Rake makes fairways on point at Ponteland GC
Ponteland Golf Club, just north of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, has purchased a Wiedenmann Terra Rake to add even more quality to their surfaces. The picturesque parkland club already has a deserved reputation for first rate greens but sought a Terra Rake to…
Terra Rake at Western Gailes GC central to ‘re-aligning rough to fairways’ project
One of Scotland’s finest links courses, Western Gailes GC, on the north Ayrshire coast, is three years into a long-term project to restore more of the links effect to the rough on the highly acclaimed site. Course Manager, Stewart Brown,…