Given the climatic variability that a golf course faces during the year, it is vital to have a healthy and vigorous turfgrass cover that develops in optimal conditions, so that it can thrive without problems throughout the whole year. In this context, the Real Sociedad de Golf de Neguri commissioned Surtec the development of a technical audit of its greens.
We could not be happier to have returned to Colombia to conduct the course “water movement through soil in golf courses”, organized by the Colombian Golf Federation and held in the renown Carmel Country Club de Bogotá. The course was a complete success with a large turnout and it has meant a unique and incomparable experience to us.
We participate in the members Annual General Meeting at El Paraíso Golf Club, to explain them our vision and the rationale behind current decisions that are made, and future to be made, regarding golf agronomy and golf course renovations.
What should be the minimum area of a green to have enough hole locations? We break down the key factors to determine which is the available area for conforming hole locations and we go through the methodology that we have developed in the Real Club de Golf de Tenerife to achieve it.
The dominance of poa annua in greens that were originally seeded with bentgrass happens frequently. In order to revert this situation, an obvious option is Interseeding. Here, you will find out why we are implementing this methodology in La Peñaza, and the keys for post-maintenance works and success.
We review the most important aspects for selecting the right bunker sand at the first edition of the Master Corner arranged by the Spanish Association of Greenkeepers.
We define the foundation and general guidelines of the agronomy strategy to be implemented in the next few years, working side by side with the golf course Owners and the Head Headgreenkeper.
After a dramatic drop in temperatures, we update the technical article “Frost and the importance of frost delays: let’s preserve the quaility of the golf course”
We participate in the “annual general meeting” to explain the members our vision and the rationale behind the decisions that are made regarding golf agronomy and golf course renovations.
We set up an strategy of improvements in golf course maintenance with the aim of optimizing operational costs while improving the commercial appeal of the golf course.