OFFERING GOLFERS A DEEPER APPRECIATION

BIGGA has relaunched their Your Course magazine, that invites golfers to gain a deeper appreciation of what preparing and maintaining a golf course really involves.
 
The magazin is a twice-yearly print offering produced by the Association in collaboration with 18 Players, the golf publishing specialists who also produce BIGGA’s monthly journal, Greenkeeper International.
 
With copies landing in golf clubs in spring and late summer each year, the magazine is designed to explore the most relevant topics relating to golf course management. In forthcoming issues, the maintenance of bunkers, greens and water hazards will be tackled alongside features on climate change, autonomous mowers, technology and legislative challenges.
 
This, say BIGGA, will create a resource that informs golfers about what it takes to maintain a modern golf course and the challenges faced by the greenkeepers at their own facility.
  
Jim Croxton, BIGGA CEO, said, “Campaigning on our members’ behalf is one of BIGGA’s key mission statements and we found Your Course to be an extremely effective tool when it was introduced back in 2018. I am delighted that with the support of our publishing partners at 18 Players, we are now able to reintroduce Your Course to golf facilities across the UK. I hope the print product and growing online database again become a valuable resource for anyone interested in what goes on behind the scenes at a modern golf course.”
 
The lead feature in the relaunch edition is a fascinating conversation with the Ryder Cup player turned television personality Ken Brown (pictured above), who worked as a greenkeeper early in his career, and offers insight from his lifetime in the game.