Today marks the launch of DPSM Consultants, a new specialist executive search company working exclusively within the EMEA golf industry and focused on senior appointments across the resort, club, equipment and machinery, manufacturing, apparel and golf travel sectors. Continue reading
Turfgrass have been retained by Robert Trent Jones II to deliver the agronomic specifications and grassing development plan for a new golf resort in Hoi An, Vietnam. The golf and casino resort will be managed by Rosewood Hotels and Resorts. Continue reading
The Golf Club de Genève project has taken off with phase I under way, and Mother Nature was very kind to us up until the beginning of December with only 3 rainy days since the start of works making it one of the driest Autumn months on record. Continue reading
Vidauban has now completed its full restoration of the course. The greens have improved dramatically with the percentage of bentgrass now at about 80%. This was helped by a record hot summer with more than 50 days in a row of over 35 degrees Celsius. This, however, did not help with the seeding of the Fescue and MJ Abbott returned in October to finish the seeding. Continue reading
The 2015 Solheim Cup will be remembered for many reasons both sporting and otherwise but from a turf management standpoint none more so than the weather which constantly threatened the tournament.
To coincide with our recent restructure and rebrand, Turfgrass has launched a new website to demonstrate our company’s evolution.
The renovation of Golf Club de Genève is about to get underway. We very much look forward to commencing our Project Management role, working very closely with the team from Golf Club de Genève including Charles Charmot, Head Greenkeeper and François Lautens, Director. Continue reading
With less than two weeks before the first competitive round, Golf Club St. Leon-Rot is nearing championship condition.
Preparations for The 2015 Solheim Cup commenced more than 3 years ago, with the programme of works currently culminating in the delivery of a world class golf course. Architectural improvements were completed last autumn when European Golf Design were appointed to redesign hole 18 and make adjustments to 13. The brief presented to Jeremy Slessor and Dave Sampson was to present strategic playing options for Solheim Cup and the membership of Golf Club St. Leon-Rot thereafter. Continue reading
Solheim Cup European Team Announced: European Captain Carin Koch has made her four picks for this year’s Solheim Cup matches in Germany, naming Caroline Hedwall, Karine Icher, Caroline Masson and Catriona Matthew to complete her 12-woman team. Continue reading
Our client Blackrock Bowling and Tennis Club sent us this video of the progress during the construction of the new green which we were project managers for.
