The R&A Sustainable Agronomy Service expands into Europe in partnership with SURTEC
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The R&A Sustainable Agronomy Service has agreed a strategic partnership with SURTEC – a multi-disciplinary agronomy team offering consultancy across the maintenance and development of golf courses – to expand its operations in Europe, with Spain and Portugal regions now benefiting from its expertise.
The new partnership will offer knowledge and experience to facilities in the continental European market, providing support in relation to sustainable agronomic practices to golf clubs.
“The development of The R&A Sustainable Agronomy Service and Sustainable Championship Agronomy is supported by our Research and Education initiatives, which are the foundations of our work” said Daniel Lightfoot, Director – Sustainability at The R&A.
“The partnership with SURTEC allows us to expand our operation into Europe alongside a team which has a wealth of knowledge and understanding of the market, our goals and golf course agronomy. We look forward to bringing our collective expertise and guidance to European golf clubs and resorts together with local insight to help educate, support, and encourage their commitment to a more sustainable future for the game of golf.”
SURTEC, based in Seville, consists of a team with over 15 years of independent experience within the industry in Spain, Portugal and further afield. Its team provides golf course agronomy consultancy to over 30 clubs, offering a broad range of services for golf courses covering consultancy, project engineering, irrigation design and project management.
“Collaborating with the R&A undoubtedly represents the most significant advancement since the founding of SURTEC. We are convinced that the synergy between our team and the R&A’s expertise in sustainability and competition agronomy will enable us to provide valuable support to Golf Course Architects to ensure the excellence of their projects,” says Pablo Muñoz, Agronomist and co-founder of SURTEC.
“Our mission, in collaboration with the R&A, is to enhance the Golf Course Architect’s brand with the most specific agronomic and technical support in Europe. This will not only maximize the product’s potential but also, thanks to high-quality construction, achieve sustainable maintenance that will increase final customer satisfaction”. says Luis Cornejo, Agronomist and co-founder of SURTEC.
Whilst this partnership first sees the offering expand into Spanish and Portuguese territories, it marks the start of the continental European operation for The R&A Sustainable Agronomy Service.