Golf

Fineturf specialises in golf course construction and alterations: design, planning and project management, earthworks, shaping, drainage and irrigation, final preparation, surface installation and aftercare. We work with course managers, head greenkeepers, committees, architects and consultants. Depths and mixes are set with the agronomist, a typical Fineturf USGA green is a drained formation, 100mm gravel carpet and around 300mm of rootzone. John O’Gaunt’s 13th, for example, used 350mm of 70/30 rootzone over a grit blinding layer.

• Golf green construction (USGA specification and traditional push-up)
• Bunker complexes and individual bunker construction
• Natural and artificial tee construction, including laser levelling
• Golf course extension and hole realignment
• Driving ranges
• Bridges, paths, hard landscaping and car parks

Attention to detail applies to every project. High-quality workmanship and the ability to interpret each club’s vision has led to a significant number of annual alteration and renovation programmes.

• Golf green reconstruction or repositioning
• Golf tee renovation and laser levelling
• Golf bunker renovation and remodelling
• Golf hole extension or realignment

Effective drainage and efficient irrigation are essential for high-quality golf. We provide specialist drainage and irrigation as part of construction or as a standalone scheme. On recent USGA work, greens typically take a 100mm gravel carpet; tees a shallower gravel layer, Woburn’s Titleist Performance Centre used 100mm on greens and 50mm on tees.

• Primary and secondary land drainage schemes
• Sand and gravel banding
• Irrigation system design, specification and installation
• Irrigation system upgrades, extensions and storage tanks

Water is integral to a golf course, environmentally, ecologically and as an aesthetic feature. Water engineering includes lake, pond and reservoir construction.

Golf courses take high wear from play and climate. Regular maintenance keeps surfaces at the standard members and visitors expect. We own a large specialist fleet.

• Deep tine aeration
• Hollow tining and core collection
• Overseeding and top dressing
• Scarification and verti-cutting
• Profile® soil amendment on greens and fairways where specified

Greens turf is grown for a minimum of three years and managed as a green, Rootzone greens are mown to 6mm in the growing season. We also supply turf through the green, from fine fescue to harder-wearing ryegrass, plus revetting turf for bunker faces and edges, wildflower turf and heather turf for heathland work.

Golf courses are important ecological sites, with diverse habitats for wildlife including rare and protected species. We work with clubs and agronomists to enhance biodiversity and supply wildflower turf and heather turf for heathland regeneration.

Fineturf specialises in golf course construction and alterations: design, planning and project management, earthworks, shaping, drainage and irrigation, final preparation, surface installation and aftercare. Our experienced management team is supported by skilled technicians and shapers, using an in-house fleet of specialist machinery, and we deliver each part of the project with minimal disruption to the golf course, club members and the environment. We work with course managers, head greenkeepers, committees, architects and consultants. Depths and mixes are set with the agronomist, a typical Fineturf USGA green is a drained formation, 100mm gravel carpet and around 300mm of rootzone. John O’Gaunt’s 13th, for example, used 350mm of 70/30 rootzone over a grit blinding layer.

• Golf green construction (USGA specification and traditional push-up)
• Bunker complexes and individual bunker construction
• Natural and artificial tee construction, including laser levelling
• Golf course extension and hole realignment
• Driving ranges
• Bridges, paths, hard landscaping and car parks

Golf construction is not only greens and bunkers. Fineturf also builds and renovates driving ranges, bridges, paths, hard landscaping and car parks, with irrigation storage tanks specified alongside drainage and irrigation schemes. These supporting works sit in the same construction programme as USGA and push-up greens.

• Driving ranges
• Bridges, paths and cart paths
• Car parks and hard landscaping
• Irrigation storage tanks and pump infrastructure

Attention to detail applies to every project. High-quality workmanship and the ability to interpret each club’s vision has led to a significant number of annual alteration and renovation programmes.

• Golf green reconstruction or repositioning
• Golf tee renovation and laser levelling
• Golf bunker renovation and remodelling
• Golf hole extension or realignment

Effective drainage and efficient irrigation are essential for high-quality golf. We provide specialist drainage and irrigation as part of construction or as a standalone scheme. On recent USGA work, greens typically take a 100mm gravel carpet; tees a shallower gravel layer, Woburn’s Titleist Performance Centre used 100mm on greens and 50mm on tees.

• Primary and secondary land drainage schemes
• Sand and gravel banding
• Irrigation system design, specification and installation
• Irrigation system upgrades, extensions and storage tanks

Water is integral to a golf course, environmentally, ecologically and as an aesthetic feature. Water engineering includes lake, pond and reservoir construction.

Golf courses take high wear from play and climate. Regular maintenance keeps surfaces at the standard members and visitors expect. We own a large specialist fleet.

• Deep tine aeration
• Hollow tining and core collection
• Overseeding and top dressing
• Scarification and verti-cutting
• Profile® soil amendment on greens and fairways where specified

Greens turf is grown for a minimum of three years and managed as a green, Rootzone greens are mown to 6mm in the growing season. We also supply turf through the green, from fine fescue to harder-wearing ryegrass, plus revetting turf for bunker faces and edges, wildflower turf and heather turf for heathland work.

Golf courses are important ecological sites, with diverse habitats for wildlife including rare and protected species. We work with clubs and agronomists to enhance biodiversity and supply wildflower turf and heather turf for heathland regeneration.