Marshalling his troops - Pitchcare

ecognise this will be more sustainable
than those that don’t. Furthermore,
golfers value it.
Extending the theme - How
understanding biodiversity can help
achieve competitive advantage
Golf clubs with good social,
environmental and ethical performance
will be better placed to attract and retain
members and visitors.
Managing for biodiversity will
maintain a clean, healthy environment,
not to mention a sink for climate waste
CO2 etc. Stability in the environment will
bring increasing numbers of beneficial
wildlife.
Recognising the benefits of biodiversity
will allow golf clubs to make much more
of a song and dance about how good the
golf course is environmentally. This
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means managing it for wildlife through
to carbon offsetting. We will increasingly
be expected to monitor our environment,
and document environmental risks and
how they are managed.
Social Responsibilities
Golf courses have a responsibility to
manage in a manner that complements
the local community interests. The
conservation of our biodiversity is not
just a job for governments and/or nongovernmental
organisations, it is a role
for each and every individual (including
golf clubs) to change our entrenched
outlook and recognise the benefits,
particularly on golf courses, that
managing for biodiversity can bring.
Thinking ahead
Managing for biodiversity will improve
PlanetAir MINIMUM
Surface Disturbance
PlanetAir’s shatter knife technology, combined with the
unique planetary motion creates pore space throughout
the top profile.
The clean cut incisions
sever stolons and
promote fresh growth -
ideal for Bermuda
management for
transition or throughout
the Summer.
Each and every time we cut lateral growth we stimulate
fine textured juvenile vertical shoot growth in the parent
plant. This means that greens become finer textured with
better colour.
Recognising the
benefits of
biodiversity will
allow golf clubs to
make much more of
a song and dance
about how good the
golf course is
environmentally
your competitive advantage in various
ways, such as in the planning arena. A
golf club with a good track record will
gain advantage through public approval
and acceptance. Good performance,
however, does need to be balanced with
disclosure of performance. Those golf
clubs collaborating with statutory
consultees - Natural England for
example - and the local authorities,
should find themselves in a better
position when considering course
alterations, revisions etc.
It is the responsibility of every golf
club to do what it can in improving its
performance, as it is easy for good golf
clubs to be tarred with the same brush as
those not performing and failing to
demonstrate ecological and
environmental best practice.
The overriding message from all of the
MAXIMUM
Subsurface Aeration
EIGHTEEN GREENS
in Under Four Hours
PlanetAir treatments cultivate the soil;
the water connects and percolates
properly through the soil and this rapid
water percolation through the soil
particles is the oxygen delivery system
to the plant roots and soil microbes.
The key to PlanetAir is the amount of
oxygen that gets into the rootzone
during treatment - we can get through
18 greens in approximately 4 hours
using just one operator and we create
1,000,000 holes per hour.”
No material is removed so it can be used
regularly with no disruption to play.
The PlanetAir is a superb venting tool,
with its productivity and minimal
disturbance.