D aniel Mackenzie , owner of DM Sports Turf Solutions , is a rising star in the world of sports turf management . A former Greenkeeper at Canons Brook Golf Club in Harlow , Essex , and an accomplished county bowls player , Daniel now runs a successful business maintaining seven bowling greens across various clubs .
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Origin Amenity Solutions helping to manage dollar spot on bowling Greens
D aniel Mackenzie , owner of DM Sports Turf Solutions , is a rising star in the world of sports turf management . A former Greenkeeper at Canons Brook Golf Club in Harlow , Essex , and an accomplished county bowls player , Daniel now runs a successful business maintaining seven bowling greens across various clubs .
Daniel ’ s connection with Origin Amenity Solutions ( OAS ) began during his time at Canons Brook , where he first met Laurence McCrory , OAS ’ s Technical Sales Manager . This relationship has been pivotal in Daniel ’ s success , particularly in managing a problematic disease — Dollar Spot — that threatened to overwhelm one of his key clients , Wallfields Bowls Club in Hertford .
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Dollar Spot has presented a recurring issue across all the bowling greens Daniel maintains . However , thanks to the tailored programme developed with OAS , he has successfully controlled the disease across the board .
The Challenge : Dollar Spot Outbreak
Two years ago , Wallfields Bowls Club experienced one of the most severe outbreaks of Dollar Spot that Daniel had ever encountered . Dollar Spot , caused by the fungus Sclerotinia homeocarpa , thrives in humid conditions — perfectly suited to bowling greens in the UK during the summer and autumn .
“ This was the worst outbreak of Dollar Spot I had ever seen ,” Daniel recalls . At the time , Dollar Spot was still relatively new to the UK turf industry , and very few people knew how to manage it effectively .
It was at this point that Daniel turned to Laurence for expert advice . “ Laurence introduced me to Exteris Stressgard and devised a feeding programme to help manage the disease with minimal fungicide use .”
Exteris Stressgard , the first combination SDHI fungicide introduced to the UK turf market , was engineered by Envu and contains a revolutionary chemical group — the first of its kind in nearly a decade . It offers top-notch disease
12 GroundskeepingJournal . co . uk | November / December 2024