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Welcome
We have a lot to tell you about so read on for a member profile, results on the member survey into views on hitting distance, EIGCA webinars, plus news from members and partners to keep you up-to-date.
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Gold Partners
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10 Questions for ... Jari Koivusalo AEIGCA
The latest in the popular series of Member Profiles where you can get to know our members better.
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Spotlight on ...Total Golf Construction
Our series of Profiles throws a spotlight on our Partners so you can get to know who they are and what they do. Here, EIGCA Bronze Partner, Total Golf Construction answers 5 questions.
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Silver Partners
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How to Make a Positive ROI with a Multipurpose Golf Course
By Augi Piza MEIGCA, Piza Golf Design
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EIGCA members support measures to reduce hitting distance in golf
As stakeholders in the future success of golf, EIGCA surveyed the membership in June / July of this year to gather views on hitting distance.
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Architect and Greenkeeper: The Dream Team
As part of an ongoing series of webinars, EIGCA and BIGGA held a webinar on 15th September to discuss how course design influences maintenance and the value of architect and greenkeeper working together.
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New things are happening on the EIGCA website
Articles and news items on the EIGCA website are now easier to find due to a new category system.
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Golf’s cultural shift: a global perspective
As part of EIGCA’s ongoing education programme, and commitment as a signatory to The R&A’s Women in Golf Charter, a webinar on 23 September focused on how to create a cultural shift in golf to increase female inclusivity in the game.
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Annual General Meeting 2020 – 14 October 2020
The Institute’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Wednesday 14th October at 10:00 BST. For the first time, this event will be held virtually, via Zoom.
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Tim Lobb MEIGCA Charity Marathon Run Raises money for the Stroke Association
On Sunday 19th July Tim Lobb, EIGCA Vice President, completed his charity marathon run around the streets of Woking in Surrey.
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To the Manor Born!
With now 25 years passing after designing and overseeing the construction of The Manor Golf Club, between Leeds and Bradford, David Hemstock MEIGCA is back to help with upgrading of the course.
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Rebirth of Moorfleet by Rainer Preissmann MEIGCA
What to do if a golf course was getting a bit long in the tooth and the new owner wants to realize his own ideas of a lucrative and sustainable golf operation?
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The Strong, Silent Type: Greensmaster® eTriFlex™ Series Mowers
Some courses choose EIGCA Gold Partner Toro Greensmaster® eTriFlex™ mowers to reduce their environmental impact. Others want to be sure they comply with local noise ordinances. Still others are looking for overall operational savings. All, of course, demand an outstanding quality of cut.
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Education City & EIGCA Silver Partner John Deere deliver quality experience
The 2020 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in March moved across the Qatari capital for the first time in its 23-year history to Education City Golf Club.
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Demands for Information, Transparency & Performance Warranties for Synthetic System Solutions
The acceptance of high-quality synthetic turf solutions in the golf industry has led to innovative solutions for the industry. EIGCA Silver Partner Southwest Greens Construction leads the way in providing solutions that work to the satisfaction of the key stakeholders, players, entrepreneurs and greenkeeper staff.
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Eliminate the Variables – Trust In AquaFuse ®
EIGCA Bronze Partner CMF Global is the original equipment manufacturer of AquaFuse HDPE pressure irrigation systems for golf courses, sports fields, and parks.
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Promoting the Value of Good Design
Although EIGCA Bronze Partner EcoBunker Ltd is primarily a Contractor and Supplier of products to the golf industry, the company is led by Richard Allen, a qualified civil engineer with over 30 years’ experience, mainly in design consultancy.
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Altaona Golf & Country Village
EIGCA Bronze Partner Hunter Industries worked on the Altaona Golf & Country Village is Murcia, Spain.
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Golf course agronomic excellence, at the touch of a button
Turfgrass® Virtual Turf Consultancy, is a new service that provides golf courses access to prompt proven solutions, best practices and expertise from some of the best golf courses, via a virtual consultation from the EIGCA Bronze Partner Turfgrass® team of world renowned agronomists.
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With health the priority, BIGGA cancels annual turf exhibition
The turf industry’s premier annual gathering, the BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition (BTME), will not take place in January 2021 as anticipated, with an alternative ‘Festival of Turf’ planned for summer 2021.
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