World leading golf
surface experts, Huxley Golf, has completed a major installation of 27
all-weather tees at Poult Wood, one of the finest pay and play golf courses in
the South of England.
With this
installation the facility will stay open for the enjoyment of resident and
visiting golfers throughout the coming winter months.
Set in picturesque
woodland near Tonbridge in Kent, Poult Wood offers a choice of two interesting
and challenging courses for regular and casual golfers. It is run by the
Tonbridge & Malling Leisure Trust, a not-for-profit organisation
responsible for the delivery of sport and leisure facilities for Tonbridge
& Malling Borough Council. As such, the course must be affordable, high
quality and accessible to all members of the community.
Darren Lanes, Head
of Leisure at Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council, explains: “Our vision,
in partnership with Tonbridge & Malling Leisure Trust, is simple: 'more
people, more active, more often’ and we’re delivering this through the
provision of a wide range of facilities which enable participation in
activities that promote physical and mental wellbeing. Consistency is
incredibly important but this is naturally harder to achieve when it comes to
enabling outdoor leisure pursuits given the vagaries of the British weather.
“This is why we have
invested in renewing our all-weather tees at Poult Wood Golf Course. These
winter tees have proven to deliver excellent value for money through
operational resilience and an uninterrupted year-round revenue stream which we
can reinvest in, extending our efforts for the whole community’s benefit.”
Huxley Golf used its
Premier Tee Turf 2 across both the 9- and 18- hole courses. Each tee measures
12ft x 12ft (3.66m x 3.66m).
Poult Wood Head
Greenkeeper, Stuart Crowley, said: “It’s safe to say that the Huxley Golf
winter tees have been a real return on investment.
“We first installed
all-weather tees with Huxley Golf twenty years ago and we’ve never looked back.
With virtually no maintenance requirement, the use of these winter tees not
only delights our customers, but it also frees my team up to ensure that the remainder
of the course remains playable in increasingly challenging seasonal conditions.
We renewed the tees after ten years in 2010 and we’ve just done so again, such
is their considerable contribution to our well-regarded course.”
