A t Airdrie Golf Club, Course Manager Jordan Cameron has taken a clear, back-to-basics approach to turf management, and with the support of Agrovista Amenity and growth regulator Attraxor ®, the results are speaking for themselves.
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Attraxor helps Airdrie Golf Club deliver stronger, smoother greens
A t Airdrie Golf Club, Course Manager Jordan Cameron has taken a clear, back-to-basics approach to turf management, and with the support of Agrovista Amenity and growth regulator Attraxor ®, the results are speaking for themselves.
Jordan joined the club, which celebrates its 150th anniversary next year, nearly three years ago after a varied career in greenkeeping that began when he left school.
The opportunity to take on the course manager role at Airdrie was one he couldn’ t ignore.
“ I could see the opportunity to implement my own ideas and take things to the next level,” he says.“ Everything we said from day one that we were going to do, we’ ve managed to achieve so far. It’ s not just the greens; we’ ve improved all aspects of the course.”
One of Jordan’ s key objectives from the outset was to reduce disease pressure through solid agronomic fundamentals.
“ The main goal when I came in was to go as disease-free as we possibly could,” he explains.“ We achieved that in the first year. It’ s really just about going back to basics – keeping the plant dry, keeping the surface open, and doing the simple things well.”
With a team of four maintaining the parkland course, those fundamentals include regular aeration at varying depths, scarifying, slitting, and winter use of a sarel roller to keep surfaces open and healthy.
“ I always say there isn’ t just one thing that makes the difference,”
Jordan adds.“ It’ s everything working together.”
Alongside those mechanical practices, Attraxor has become a central part of the greens management programme. Originally introduced to help reduce Poa annua seedheads, the plant growth regulator quickly proved its value across the growing season.
“ In my other roles I have used it briefly, but I really started using it properly here,” says Jordan.“ It was mainly the Poa seedheads that we were targeting. I trialled it and it worked wonders.”
Attraxor contains the active ingredient prohexadione, which regulates turf growth by inhibiting the gibberellic acid pathway, reducing vertical growth and biomass while maintaining turf colour and quality. It also
52 GroundskeepingJournal. co. uk | September / October 2026