Greenkeeping & Golf
Golf Shop
Golf Courses in Britain - a small selection.
Wolf Golf Course - Scotland and the Greenkeeper diary.
North Foreland Golf Course - England - views of the golf course and it is great that they mention their Head Greenkeeper.
St Andrews Links - probably one of the best know and best loved Golf Courses in the world.
The three premier Golf Courses at Gleneagles.
Gairloch Golf Course in Wester Ross, Scotland.
Golf for the Blind "quicklinks"
What is Blind Golf? - Read more on the BBC
Scottish Blind Golf Society, a charity limited by guarantee, which is a voluntarily run organisation, providing quality competition and training in golf for registered blind and visually impaired people in Scotland.
The Australian Blind Golf Association - The Australian Blind Golf Association was formed to promote the game of golf amongst Blind and Vision Impaired Persons, and to co-ordinate blind golf between the States of Australia.
Nova Scotia Blind Golf Association (NSBGA) website. The NSBGA was created in January 2003 in order to raise awareness of golf for the blind and visually impaired in Nova Scotia and Eastern Canada.
The United States Blind Golf Association
Middle Atlantic Blind Golf Association
Planning either a new Golf Course or modifying and maintaining an existing one involves design, planning, costing and management.
UK Golf Shop
Greenkeeper books
BIGGA - The British & International Golf Greenkeepers Association
Harrogate Week - the premier week for Greenkeeping education in the UK.
The Greenkeepers Training Committee
IOG - The Institute of Groundsmanship has since 1934 represented Grounds staff and their primary purpose is to offer support and advice to all those working in the industry. Groundsmanship covers a wide range of turf management areas, often cricket, rugby, football and other grass surfaces.
BBC Sport Academy - Greenkeeping as a job
The PGA - Professional Golfers Association
The Sports Turf Research Institute - STRI
Scottish Golf and the Scottish Golf and the Environment group.
Interesting Golf and Sport related websites
The British Golf Museum in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.
Sporting Heroes - Photographs and pictures of sporting heroes in golf, football, cricket etc.
Trade Resources
(no commercial link to this site I have just added them as a resource for Greenkeepers)
British Seed Houses and their Golf and Ameniety seed mixtures including the wild flower information page (for environmentaly sound Golf Courses). The Greenkeeper may also find the conversion table page useful.
Toro - international location map - Toro UK
Golf Links
International Greenkeeping and Golf Superintendents
The Australian Golf Course Superintendents Association ( AGCSA ) was formed in 1981 to further the profession of Golf Course Management and now has members from all states of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Rim.
The United States Golf Association (USGA) has served as the national governing body of golf for the U.S., its territories and Mexico since its formation in 1894. It's a non-profit organization run by golfers for the benefit of golfers. The Turf Management section explains their involvement in the management of Golf Courses in North America.
