F or Peter Roberts, founder and owner of Hart Common Golf Club, a 33-year relationship with Campey Turf Care Systems has supported a commitment to keeping golfers playing. Now 75, he uses the Air2G2 and VGR TopChanger as part of a maintenance programme shaped by decades of investment in the course.
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Hart Common puts Playability First with Air2G2 and VGR TopChanger
F or Peter Roberts, founder and owner of Hart Common Golf Club, a 33-year relationship with Campey Turf Care Systems has supported a commitment to keeping golfers playing. Now 75, he uses the Air2G2 and VGR TopChanger as part of a maintenance programme shaped by decades of investment in the course.
Peter’ s connection with the Westhoughton site began in dairy farming. When milk quotas and changing markets pressured the business, he found a new use for the land and opened the golf course in 1996. Wet winters subsequently prompted extensive rebuilding, with sand and improved drainage establishing the foundations for today’ s conditions.
Early advice was crucial for Peter, and a conversation with a greenkeeper at Moreno Valley Ranch Golf Club during a visit to America helped shape his thinking.
“ Nobody plays golf when it’ s wet, but your course is judged on how quickly you can get it back into play after bad weather,” Peter explained.
“ That’ s the lesson I learned in America. It’ s how quickly you can get the course back in good order that’ s important.”
The Air2G2 supports that approach by injecting compressed air beneath the surface to relieve compaction and improve air exchange in the rootzone, with minimal disturbance to the turf. Peter was among Campey’ s earliest customers for the machine and has seen firsthand the difference the Air2G2 can make over several years.
“ We had the second Air2G2 Campey ever sold,” Peter said.“ What appealed to us was being able to do that work without disrupting play.
“ Getting the course back into good order after wet weather has
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