Global Edition

Around Royal Lytham with John Deere

12.08am 19th July 2012 - Course Development - This story was updated on Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

A short (2.5 minute) video has just been posted on the John Deere website at www.JohnDeere.co.uk, which provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the hard work of the Royal Lytham greenkeeping team, led by head greenkeeper Paul Smith, and the John Deere support staff as they prepare this challenging golf course for the start of the tournament and its global audience, and features the John Deere course maintenance fleet flat out from tees to greens on the famous links.

GBN.com readers can view this video at the following link: http://bit.ly/M98s7N

For more information on the 2012 Championship, and an interview with Paul Smith on how his team has been battling the weather to get the course in the best possible condition, also visit www.theopen.com

In related news...

GolfBusinessNews.com (GBN) is for the many thousands of people who work in the golf business all around the world.

We cover the full range of topics both on and off the course. We aim to supply essential information both quickly and accurately in a format which is easy to use. We are independent of all special interest groups.

Subscribe

Click here to sign up for our free twice weekly golf industry news summary

View the latest newsletter here