Poult Wood Golf Course in Kent has installed 27 new Huxley all-weather tees in order to offer its members and visitors year-round golf at the publicly-owned facility.
Set in picturesque woodland near Tonbridge, Poult Wood offers a choice of two challenging courses for regular and casual golfers. It is run by the Tonbridge & Malling Leisure Trust, a not-for-profit organisation responsible for the delivery of sport and leisure facilities for Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council. As such, the course must be affordable, high quality and accessible to all members of the community.
Darren Lanes, Head of Leisure at Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council, said: “Our vision, in partnership with Tonbridge & Malling Leisure Trust, is simple: ‘more people, more active, more often’, and we’re delivering this through the provision of a wide range of facilities which enable participation in activities that promote physical and mental wellbeing.”
He added: “Consistency is incredibly important, but this is naturally harder to achieve when it comes to enabling outdoor leisure pursuits given the vagaries of the British weather. This is why we have invested in renewing our all-weather tees at Poult Wood. These winter tees have proven to deliver excellent value for money through operational resilience and an uninterrupted year-round revenue stream which we can reinvest in, extending our efforts for the whole community’s benefit.”
Huxley Golf supplied and installed 12ft x 12ft Premier Tee Turf 2 across Poult Wood’s two golf courses.
Poult Wood Head Greenkeeper Stuart Crowley said: “It’s safe to say that the Huxley Golf winter tees have been a real return on investment. We first installed all-weather tees with Huxley Golf 20 years ago and we’ve never looked back. With virtually no maintenance requirement, the use of these winter tees not only delights our customers, but it also frees my team up to ensure that the remainder of the course remains playable in increasingly challenging seasonal conditions. We renewed the tees after ten years in 2010, and we’ve just done so again, such is their considerable contribution to our well-regarded course.”