Golf Industry News - Sean Loakes

Peter’s ASOOTY award presentation was made as part of the glittering BIGGA industry awards at BTME in Harrogate last week. Sponsored by ICL and Syngenta and managed by the Amenity Forum, the awards seek to share top tips and advice that will raise the standards of spray application across the amenity industry.

The Amenity Sprayer Operator of the Year (ASOOTY) Awards highlight best practice and experience in the challenging role of ensuring accurate application on all amenity surfaces. Last year’s winner was Dan Waring, professional spray technician at JCB Golf and Country Club

Recent studies at Forest Pines Golf Course in Lincolnshire - using a well-timed application of Acelepryn at peak egg laying, followed by NemaTrident B - have confirmed that larger chafer larvae stressed or weakened by Acelepryn may prove more susceptible to nematode incursion, to deliver more effective and reliable overall control.