by mangoventures | Aug 27, 2021 | Golf Course Parasites
This is the second part in a multi-part series focusing on methods to deal with parasites. If you wish to read the article that deals with leatherjackets, click here. As with the leatherjackets, the chafer grub is the larval form of an insect – in this case, the...
by mangoventures | Aug 20, 2021 | Golf Courses
When we think of golf, the first image that springs to mind is often not a ball, a club, or even a golfer in mid-swing, but a carefully manicured green. Though it was not the first type of golf course developed, parkland – the stereotypical golf course, of...
by mangoventures | Aug 13, 2021 | Golf Course Parasites, Golf Management
The lush green of a golf course is by far the most valuable asset a club has, and therefore the golf course parasites that can come to infest it are an existential threat to that club. Therefore, regulations that banned the previous pesticides used to remove these...
by mangoventures | Aug 6, 2021 | Golf Management
CASCs – What Are They? Of all the areas where clubs lose out on potential cashflows, Community Amateur Sports Club – or CASC – status is probably the most common missed opportunity. For those that don’t know what CASC status is, essentially it means...
by mangoventures | Jul 30, 2021 | Golf Courses, Golf History
The word links has nothing to do with a link on a chain, but rather comes from the Old English word hlinc, meaning a dune or ridge. An archaic word for an archaic style of course. However, the links may seem a novelty to those golfers who have never played upon them....
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