The British & Worldwide Golf Greenkeepers Affiliation (BIGGA) is delighted to disclose the finalists of the annual BIGGA Awards, with greenkeeping groups represented from throughout {the golfing} spectrum.
Annually BIGGA invitations nominations from {the golfing} trade to recognise the achievements of its greenkeeping members, who play an important position within the ongoing success of the game.
The BIGGA Awards are divided into three classes, with the winners revealed on the BIGGA Celebration with Jacobsen. The occasion takes place on the opening night of the BIGGA Turf Administration Exhibition (BTME) in January 2024.
The BIGGA Awards recognise that top requirements of high quality and dedication are important to the success of any golf course or championship. They reward the innovation of BIGGA members who’re on the reducing fringe of the occupation and any BIGGA member inside the UK, no matter their golf facility’s dimension, age or fame, can enter. The awards present golf golf equipment with a possibility to showcase their greenkeeping staff’s skills and rejoice their achievements.
BIGGA Awards 2024 finalists
Championship Greenkeeping Efficiency of the 12 months sponsored by Bernhard and Firm
This award recognises that the success of any event relies upon upon the experience and dedication of the greenkeeping staff. From the lowliest membership championship by means of to golf’s skilled excursions – all are solely made potential because of the work of greenkeepers who go above and past to current the best taking part in surfaces potential.
The finalists on this class for 2024 are:
Paisley Golf Membership, led by Course Supervisor Jonathan Caldwell, for internet hosting the Scottish Golf Males’s Space Workforce Championship Finals in September 2023
Portlethen Golf Membership, led by Head Greenkeeper Neil Sadler, for internet hosting the Scottish Golf Boy’s Below 16 Open Championship in July 2023
Walton Heath Golf Membership, led by Course Supervisor Michael Mann, for internet hosting US Open Golf Championship Ultimate Qualifying in Could 2023 and the AIG Ladies’s Open in August 2023.
Greenkeeping Venture of the 12 months
This award recognises these greenkeeping groups who’ve undertaken a selected venture, accomplished inside the previous 12 months. Nonetheless, tasks might be long run and will embody course development, renovation or rebuild. They notably award revolutionary pondering and dedication to the venture by the house greenkeeping staff.
The finalists on this class for 2024 are:
Basingstoke Golf Membership, led by Course Supervisor Scott Roberts, for the redevelopment of the previous Dummer Golf Membership web site and creation of a brand new golf course and related services
Dudley Golf Membership, led by Head Greenkeeper Stewart Marshall, for bringing the golf membership again from the brink of closure and producing a thriving venue by means of a spread after all enchancment tasks
Sandiway Golf Membership, led by Course Supervisor Richard Sinker, for the ‘Venture 1946’ redevelopment that’s seeing the golf course revert to its authentic heathland traits
Excellent Contribution of the 12 months
This award is introduced to a BIGGA member or members who’ve made an impressive contribution above and past their regular working life. This may be for charity, for the betterment of the greenkeeping occupation or affiliation or usually for society. The winner of this award might be revealed on the BIGGA Welcome Celebration at BTME 2024.
Extra details about every of the finalists might be discovered on the BTME web site.
BIGGA CEO Jim Croxton stated: “It has develop into one thing of a BIGGA custom that we log off the 12 months by revealing the finalists of our annual awards and I couldn’t be prouder of this 12 months’s line-up. The efficiency of a greenkeeping staff can massively affect the fortunes of a golf membership and these six finalists all present cases of greenkeepers possessing the arrogance and talent to take the lead and guarantee their golf membership’s ambitions are fulfilled.
“I want all of them the very best for the awards and look ahead to discovering the winners on the BIGGA Awards on the opening evening of BTME 2024.”
Sponsorship alternatives are nonetheless obtainable alongside these awards. In the event you’re considering getting concerned, contact BIGGA’s head of enterprise improvement Lauren Frazer utilizing lauren@bigga.co.uk
