Coventry Hearsall Golf Club runs an all-Toro machinery fleet on a five-year rolling contract and although course manager Chris Low inherited it when he joined midway through tenure three years ago, it wasn’t one he planned to change.
The club’s been a Toro machinery customer for 13 years and a Toro Total Solutions customer for seven. “I’ve worked with Toro before and being with the same brand for machinery and irrigation makes everything easy,” comments Chris as the club renews its agreement with supplier Reesink Turfcare.
“The main components of quality, reliability, and performance are applicable to both and having one point of contact, good backup and support and the power of competitive finance means it’s a hard deal to beat.”
New deal
The latest fleet deal embraces greens, tees and fairway mowers and utility vehicles, while the biggest change to the fleet is bringing in walk-behind mowers – the Toro Greensmaster Flex 1021 – for greens, tees, collars and run-offs.
“It’s a conscious decision to move away from ride-on mowers for these areas. The level of control and precision they will bring to these smaller areas will elevate their aesthetic.”
Work starts on a bunker programme as soon as the architect’s approval is in and some of the machinery choices reflect these changes.
“We’ll be creating shorter mowing areas and the machinery investment and selection had this in mind,” Chris continues. “It was felt the Greensmaster TriFlex 3420 and Reelmaster 3575 in particular would work well in these new areas.”
Irrigation first
As the first club in the country to upgrade to Toro Lynx central control system and a combination of Infinity, T5 and T7 sprinklers using Reesink Hydro-Scapes’ fixed term finance for irrigation, Coventry Hearsall has been enjoying hassle-free, precise watering application ever since.
“In terms of maintenance all we’ve had to do is replace one decoder in seven years,” Chris explains. “We’ve doubled the coverage on the approaches and have more run-off areas. We wanted the capacity to expand as needed and the set-up has allowed us to do that.”
It would be wrong to underestimate the power of a Toro Total Solution, Chris concludes.
“Regular investment in machinery and an irrigation system that allows for consistent year-round coverage does not go unnoticed by the members. They are happy and membership is full.”
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Monica Skitt, general Manager, Coventry Hearsall Golf Club and Reesink Turfcare’s Josh Nash with course manager Chris Low and golf director Nigel Poole.