With increasing pressure on water resources and rising prices, is your club looking at ways to shrink the cost of irrigation?
When Rain Bird® introduced CirrusPRO™ in 2019, a small group of UK golf course managers were willing to give the next generation of irrigation software a try.
As ‘early adopters’ they were among the first in the world to try it out. Early adopters are often enthusiastic, super-users of digital technology as it offers an exciting glimpse of the future and at the same time, helps iron out glitches and fine tune what’s on offer.
Now, a few years on, what difference has CirrusPRO made? What’s changed, and can the club measure the impact on costs?
Clear gains were confirmed – huge time and labour savings, far less water used, and a guarantee that first-class playability and performance can be delivered out on the course.
Andy Ewence is Course Manager at St George’s Hill Golf Club and previously Course Manager at Woking Golf Club.
“Through control of individual rotor heads at Woking, the club saved thousands of pounds annually by preventing turf burnout and by not needing to overseed fairways,” he explained.
“Turf quality was transformed, and our members really noticed the difference. It’s very easy to transfer what you know so now I’m at St George’s Hill Golf Club, over winter I’ll be adjusting the system to improve what we’re doing here next year.”
If your club has a Rain Bird irrigation system and you’d like to discuss upgrading to CirrusPRO, contact Angus Finlayson at Origin Amenity Solutions, on 07917 250556 or email.
