Glenn Kirby used the FieldScout TDR100 Soil Moisture Meter in his previous role as Assistant Courses Manager at The London Golf Club. Glenn comments that the two TDR100s were “originally purchased to help be more efficient in our watering practices but found that moisture content was very indicative of organic matter content and believe long term it would help us evaluate and manage how we deal with Organic Matter build up”.

From a young age Glenn has been involved in sportsturf starting in Cricket pitch maintenance and with education and time has evolved to Golf Course maintenance. Golf seemed to offer much more job variety and career progression and in November 2012 Glenn started the position of Course Manager at Hockley Golf Club in Hampshire on the outskirts of Winchester. Hockley has ambitious plans to develop the course to fulfil its full potential and aspires to be considered amongst the very

Paul Andrews, Irrigation Technician, at Wisley Golf Club began training at college in horticulture however after a placement at his local golf club has been in the greenkeeping industry for 15 years. In Spring 2012 Paul purchased from EnviroMonitors three FieldScout TDR300 Soil Moisture meters and one SC900 Soil Compaction meter for improved water monitoring of The Wisley courses. They have found the units to be quick and simple to use. Wisley Golf Club is a private members club in Surrey which opened in 1991. The club is situated 30 mins from the west end on the A3 and M25 junction with the River Wey running through part of the course and the Wey navigation along one side. The soil type for the site ranges from river sands through to clay.

Paul advises the TDR300’s were purchased for Wisley to “better manage the water

Daniel Lightfoot is Course Manager at Bearwood Lakes Golf Club. His aim when searching for a soil moisture meter was to improve turf performance in problem areas across the course, save his team time, and enhance the club’s quality and reputation. Bearwood Lakes was established in 1996 and has since been ranked number 3 in the UK & Ireland’s Top 100 Golf Clubs and recognised in the US as Best Modern Course by Golf Week. Keeping a high level of quality is important for the future success of the club.

Daniel came across EnviroMonitors during an internet search for soil moisture meters in 2009. After reading about the product and its benefits of robustness and ease of use a FieldScout TDR200 handheld Soil Moisture Meter was purchased for Bearwood Lakes. Whilst the TDR200 is no longer in the FieldScout TDR range, greenkeepers and course managers can choose between the TDR100 and TDR300

St Annes Old Links Golf Club has been established since 1901 on land which since 1886 had been home to the Lytham & St. Anne’s Golf Club. The club is located in the North West of England about a mile from the Royal Lytham Open 2012 venue.

Stuart Hogg is the Course Manager at St Annes Old Links and has been at the club for over 8 years. Stuart controls the budgets and purchasing of equipment, and has the responsibility of maintaining the greens, fairways and even the car park! The course has 7 full time staff and 4 part time staff depending on the time of year. Stuart started a career in greenkeeping as his “ideal job would be one which he could still play football on a Saturday afternoon!”. He started a Youth Training Scheme job at a championship course local to home and has been developing his knowledge, understanding and skills ever since.

Stuart had used a Davis

EnviroMonitors provide affordable weather and field measurement tools to help growers and greenkeepers make better and more informed decisions. There has been a noticeable increase in demand from greenkeepers to monitor soil moisture levels and relate these values to irrigation requirements, and therefore turf health. FieldScout TDR moisture meters manufactured by Spectrum Technologies, are a great product for this. “The moisture probe has become an indispensable tool in our putting green moisture management program. Game-changing tools like this do not come along every day.”[¹] enthuses Randy Gatlin.

Testing for moisture levels using a knife or creating holes in the turf is a subjective (and destructive) way of differentiating between what is wet or dry. TDR meters give a numerical value that cannot