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Ron Ellmore

Johannesburg South Africa

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Browsing Archive: May, 2011

Players Championship Course Preparation

Posted by Ron Ellmore on Monday, May 16, 2011, In : Maintenace

Multi-step plan from agronomy team readies Stadium Course for PLAYERS

The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass is in impeccable condition for this year's PLAYERS Championship.

May. 11, 2011
By Michael Curet, Special to PGATOUR.COM

The PGA TOUR Agronomy team has seen what cold weather can do to a golf course. Even though the Stadium Course held up last year despite a harsh winter before the 2010 PLAYERS, perhaps they had seen enough.

It was time to put in a plan of action just in case old man winter came...

TRUE - SURFACE TREKKER

Posted by Ron Ellmore on Thursday, May 12, 2011,

Are there times that you just don't want to put a riding greens mower on your greens? Well, True-Surface^® has a product for that too! With the introduction of the Trekker™, True-Surface^® now attaches to your walk behind greens mower. The True-Surface^®Trekker™ allows you to complete multiple cultural practices by simply using the walk behind greens mower you already own.

The True-Surface^® Trekker™ product line is made up of 2 different machines. The first is the True-Surface^® Trekker...

St Andrews Golf Club on the brink of admitting female members

Posted by Ron Ellmore on Thursday, May 5, 2011,

Club has warned members that it could face prosecution under equality laws for failing to allow women to join

Severin Carrell, Scotland correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 28 April 2011 19.17 BST
Article history

One of the largest men-only golf clubs in St Andrews, the spiritual home of golf, is on the brink of allowing women to become full members, abandoning one of the sport's most contentious traditions.

The committee at the St Andrews Golf Club, which is run from a handso...