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Headline Interview Taking Sentosa to the top Years in the making, and even more in the execution, Sentosa Golf Club's rise to prominence has been a carefully crafted plan. Raising it through the levels on and off the course is General Manager, Director of Agronomy and Resident Golf Course Architect Andrew Johnston. He sat down with Blair Ferguson to talk through his journey of taking Sentosa to the top. Sentosa is one of Singapore's most established golf clubs. Over the last four years, it has gained global recognition for its sustainability initiatives and exceptional championship courses, The Serapong and The Tanjong. Since 2005, they have hosted the Barclays Singapore Open (2005-2012), SMBC Singapore Open (2012-), HSBC Women's World Championship, Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship and the Women's Amateur Asia- Pacific. Numerous awards have joined these events, recognising their work on sustainability, as well as the title of 'World's Best Golf Club' at the 2019 World Golf Awards. Next level This journey has been under the stewardship of General Manager, Director of Agronomy and Resident Golf Course Architect, Andrew Johnston, since 2011. Designing over 100 golf courses around the globe while working for Arnold Palmer, Gene Bates, Fred Couples and his own company, plus a turf degree from Michigan State, moulded Andrew into the perfect person to take Sentosa to the next level. Confident, detailed and humorous, he has learnt from his experiences at every stage. Starting with the guidance of his early mentor, Kevin Adams, and growing from milestones such as project managing his first construction for Arnold Palmer at Australia's Sanctuary Bay. Among everything that he has achieved in Singapore, pinpointing the culture necessary to facilitate change is one he clearly regards as his most significant. By working to a TR365 (tournament ready 365 days a year) mantra, himself, Superintendent Rodney McKeown, the 75 strong agronomy department and wider Sentosa team have transformed the Club. Andrew's same drive and belief started the Club's road into sustainability, which it is now renowned for, starting with a single-head control irrigation system. "I knew that single head control gave you better control of your water from a golf course architect's point of view," Andrew explains. "I've built and designed enough golf courses in areas that have really struggled for water availability to know that you could reduce your water consumption by 40-60% with single head control. "Again, people look at me and go, 'how is that possible?' A golf course with topographical contouring to it has high spots and low spots. High spots might need seven minutes, but low spots might only need 30 seconds because water runs downhill. If all heads are tied together in stations of two or three, you've got no choice but to run everything at ten minutes or whatever time you have set, so you're over watering. Sophisticated system "I'm a freak about water. We have the most sophisticated system in Asia right now, but I don't even let them turn it on until we have to. We drag hoses and just put them on the spot that needs it, even on the greens, I say to the 8 soilscout.com | @Soil_Scout | #GainADeeperView Soil Scout Story Issue 4 V1.indd 8 16/03/2022 23:08
| Andrew Johnston General Manager, Director of Agronomy and Resident Golf Course Architect #GainADeeperView | @Soil_Scout | soilscout.com 9 Soil Scout Story Issue 4 V1.indd 9 16/03/2022 23:08
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