Ipswich
Golf Club has signed a fourth five-year exclusive supplier agreement with turf
equipment manufacturer, Ransomes Jacobsen.
Local
dealer, Bartram mowers, supply the machinery at Ipswich Golf Club.
Commenting
at the official signing of the agreement, Ipswich Golf Club’s Course Manager
Graham Brumpton said: “We have had a relationship with Ransomes Jacobsen and
Bartrams for more than 20 years now.
"The
Ransomes Jacobsen manufacturing facility and the Bartrams depot are just a mile
from our course, so that is very convenient. Having said that, the service and
the quality of machinery that we receive is truly second to none, which is why
we continue to keep our longstanding partnership in place.”
Kevin
Lovelock, Director of Golf at Ipswich Golf Club said: “I am delighted to
continue the close relationship with Ransomes Jacobsen. As a club we are very
fortunate to have one of the world’s leading golf course machinery brands in
Ipswich and it makes perfect sense for the two of us to work together.”
Ipswich
Golf Club have since made a few purchases under the agreement including a
Jacobsen LF570 fairway mower, a Turfco WideSpin 1550 topdresser and a Turfco
Torrent 2 blower.
“Before
signing the agreement and making these purchases, we also looked at other
brands and products,” Brumpton continued. “We had demonstrations of different
fairway mowers, but the Jacobsen LF570 came out on top. It was a unanimous
decision amongst all nine of my staff, that the Jacobsen mower had a far
superior quality of cut, and they found the machine the easiest and most
comfortable to operate.
“At
Ipswich Golf Club we are part of the Natural England Higher Level Stewardship
Scheme. The aim of this is to bring the course back to heathland vegetation, as
there is a huge decline in heathland areas and golf courses in the U.K. We are
now seven years into the scheme, and the results are superb. We work closely
with STRI, and we are proud of our reputation for environmental sustainability.
“Our
relationship with Ransomes Jacobsen is enhanced by our shared values of
sustainability. This is shown in the company’s product offering with the
Eclipse 322 hybrid mower, which we use on our greens; the machine eliminates
things such as oil leaks and noise pollution.”
Ipswich
Golf Club is one of Suffolk’s most prestigious courses, and it’s 27-holes are
beautifully presented over 8,500 yards of heathland with additional practice
facilities. The Club will host the English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play
Championship in August 2019.
