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FineGolf was invited by The Editor of BIGGA’s Greenkeeper International monthly magazine, to submit the following article that was then published in May 2010. It acts well as a definition of FineGolf’s Mission :-
“It is only natural that club golfers are influenced by golf as depicted on the
television, where the emphasis is on long driving, slow play and fast putting
GI May 2010
surfaces for professional players.
The problems arise when they want the ‘Augusta syndrome’, or similar, at their home course.
Fine Golf is a campaign that seeks to raise the profile of the ‘traditional classic game’ in golf course design and upkeep, in comparison with ‘lush, target golf’ and encourages club members to support their local greenkeepers in following sustainable principles of the kind advocated by Jim Arthur…. READ MORE