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Data driven golf course maintenance
April 17, 2023

Data driven golf course maintenance

Advances in science, research and technology have seen more traditional approaches to golf course maintenance evolve to a more data driven and fact-based approach.

The range of IT systems to support greenkeeping operations has grown significantly in recent years. Data systems are a vital tool to ensure efficient management of golf course maintenance practices.

Download our article and read how your golf club can place data at the heart of its course maintenance operations, to deliver a host of benefits:

• Improved time and cost efficiencies,
• Reduced waste,
• Improved value for money,
• Informed, evidenced decisions,
• Improved golfer experiences.

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MAKING THE RIGHT MACHINERY DECISIONS
March 10, 2023

MAKING THE RIGHT MACHINERY DECISIONS

Emerging from the global pandemic, leading golf course machinery and equipment manufacturers are struggling to keep up with a sustained period of surging product demand.

Challenges with component-part supply chain delays, global freight delays, container shortages and surging inflation have led to a sharp rise in costs. Making the right machinery investment decisions is more crucial now than ever.

Carr Golf’s Head of Plant & Machinery, Ian O’Shea shares his four key pillars to making successful machinery investment decisions. Download our full article today, it covers:

  • How to prioritise machinery requirements
  • Machine specification guidelines
  • Whether to buy new, used with cash or finance?
  • How to make the right decision

 

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Open Letter re: EU SUR proposals
February 22, 2023

Ed Pettit, Managing Director of Carr Golf’s Maintenance Division calls on golf clubs and stakeholders across the Republic of Ireland to help protect the country’s golf industry against proposed EU Sustainable Use Regulations (SUR). The impact of these new regulations could have devastating consequences across the industry. Lodge your submission before the 5.30pm, Friday 24 February deadline.

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COST & SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES CONTINUE
February 9, 2023
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Ed Pettit, Managing Director of Carr Golf’s Course Maintenance Division takes a look at headwinds that lie ahead for golf clubs in 2023.

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LINKS GOLF TAKES CENTRE STAGE
June 13, 2022
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Iain Ritchie, Regional Superintendent of Carr Golf discusses the differences from his experience between setting up a Parkland course Vs. a Links course for tournaments.

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Stackstown Golf Club
Carr Golf secures multi-year course maintenance contract at Stackstown Golf Club
April 25, 2022

Carr Golf secures multi-year course maintenance contract at Stackstown Golf Club. Stackstown now joins 22 clubs across Carr Golf's portfolio.

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Carr Golf secures maintenance contract for Rathsallagh GC
Carr Golf secures multi-year course maintenance contract at Rathsallagh Golf Club
January 10, 2022

10 January 2022: Carr Golf, Ireland's leading provider of golf club management and maintenance services, has signed a multi-year golf course maintenance contract with Rathsallagh Golf Club in Co. Wicklow. The deal comes on the back of commencing work at Edmondstown, Ardglass, Ballyclare and Lucan Golf Clubs in 2021.

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Significant headwinds facing Golf Club Committees and Managers
December 3, 2021
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As Clubs begin preparing for AGMs over the coming weeks, it is critical that Committee members and Club Managers understand some of the headwinds facing them, and in particular the cost implications around the maintenance of their golf courses.

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Carr Golf leads acquisition of Seapoint Golf Links
October 23, 2021

After an extensive period of uncertainty for County Louth’s Seapoint Golf Links, a deal has been completed that sees Ireland’s leading golf services provider, Carr Golf head a group of investors, Genesis Links Holdings Ltd, in acquiring the properties and assets which make up Seapoint Golf Links.

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How to choose the right golf course mowers & equipment for your club
September 1, 2021

2021 has been an unprecedented year for the main equipment companies servicing the golf course maintenance equipment market; Jacobsen, John Deere, and Toro. The post lockdown resurgence of golf across the globe in 2020 has seen demand soar to unprecedented levels for new golf course equipment with orders 30% ahead of what many of the manufactures forecasted.

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