{"id":925,"date":"2025-06-03T12:51:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T11:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/?p=925"},"modified":"2025-08-13T10:43:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T09:43:06","slug":"hamilton-golf-club-enters-its-summer-wiedenmann-phase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/hamilton-golf-club-enters-its-summer-wiedenmann-phase\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton Golf Club enters its \u2018summer Wiedenmann phase\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fleet of precision turf care machinery keeps course sharp, healthy, and tournament-ready<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamilton Golf Club has entered what Course Manager Neil Hogg calls its \u201csummer Wiedenmann phase\u201d \u2014 when its fleet of specialist turf care machines is fine-tuned for summer maintenance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neil joined the Lanarkshire club in December 2022 from Bruntsfield Links GC in Edinburgh, inheriting three key Wiedenmann machines: a Terra Spike GXi8, a Super 500, and a Core Recycler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always liked how Wiedenmann kit works,\u201d says Neil. \u201cIt\u2019s well-engineered, reliable, and gets the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, the fleet has grown through Fairways GM, Wiedenmann\u2019s exclusive Scottish dealer, with a Terra Spike XP in summer 2023, a Mega Twister blower in summer 2024, and most recently a 2.3m Terra Rake in October 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While many clubs use this machinery mainly in autumn and winter, Neil keeps it working year-round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIn summer, the Terra Rake goes across fairways, aprons, and tees to lift the grass and break up any matting. Particularly with fairways, many turfgrasses spread sideways, and over time this lateral growth can make the surface puffy and uneven. The rake\u2019s spring tines comb through the canopy, tugging at horizontal shoots and leaf blades to keep that in check. The faster we go, the more thatch we remove, keeping the surface open and healthy. Raking acts as a mild stress, shifting the plant\u2019s energy from spreading sideways to growing upright, which produces a denser, more vertical canopy. The light tearing encourages the grass to repair by sending up new vertical shoots.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The process is followed by a cut with the new Jacobsen LF570 fairway mower and a clean-up pass with the Mega Twister blower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cThe blower was a godsend in winter for clearing leaves, and now it speeds everything up. It\u2019s reliably versatile \u2014 standing up the turf, drying it when needed, and leaving a tidy finish. We can rake, cut, and clean in one go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neil says performance is the priority, with improved appearance a welcome bonus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cWhen grass lies over, it mats down and the cut suffers. The Terra Rake is like back-combing the turf \u2014 once it\u2019s upright, the mower gives a sharper, more even finish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mower is usually set to 10 mm for daily work, but after raking, Neil drops it to 9 mm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cThe Jake\u2019s brand new, so we get a perfect finish. That fresh cut also improves ball roll and makes the course more enjoyable to play.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Super 500 is also key in managing the tiger rough, which is topped in summer to encourage healthy regrowth and prevent matting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cThe rough can grow knee-high. When it\u2019s wet, it just flops over and won\u2019t stand back up \u2014 a bit like fairways, only on a bigger scale. In autumn, it\u2019s cut back to 5\u20137 cm to stop leaves becoming trapped. The rake then reduces thatch and bulk, producing finer, softer growth for the following season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about long-term improvement as much as presentation,\u201d says Neil. \u201cBetter airflow, better recovery, and ultimately, a better playing surface.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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 \u201csummer Wiedenmann phase\u201d \u2014 when its fleet of specialist turf care machines is fine-tuned for summer maintenance. Neil joined the Lanarkshire club in December 2022 from Bruntsfield Links GC in Edinburgh, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[492,218,491,116,47,146,281,488,490,494,489,282,493,495,7,73,59,120],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=925"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":944,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925\/revisions\/944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}