Hogs Head Golf Club, based in Waterville, County Kerry say they have used Jacobsen mowers to deliver the highest quality for their members (the Hogs) since construction began in 2015.
The course, which overlooks Ballinskelligs Bay was the first in Ireland to be designed by Robert Trent Jones II and is the vision of owners Bryan Marsal and Tony Alvarez II.
Their aim was to create a premier golf destination in County Kerry that focused on delivering an experience that matched that of their membership's day to day clubs such as US Open host, Winged Foot Golf Club. Making Hogs Head a home away from home for the Hogs starts with the quality of the course, and to meet and exceed expectations, they enlisted the expertise of Waterville local David Daly as superintendent.
David and his team maintain the 7,140-yard par-72 course for the enthusiastic membership, and since day one, say the quality of cut from the Jacobsen reels and customer service from Broderick Grass Machinery has contributed to the success of the links.
"We set up our relationship with Jacobsen and Textron back in 2015/16 when we were putting an equipment deal for the course together," David explains. "We obviously looked at all the different options, but we built up a good relationship with our neighbours here in Waterville, who had a lot of Jacobsen equipment and were very happy with it.
"Our biggest thing where we are in South-West Ireland, way, way down the bottom corner of the country, is back-up, and Broderick assured us we would get the best service, and they have delivered that.
"From there, doing my research and talking to Mike Murphy at Waterville and other course managers, they only had good things to say about the equipment, the quality of cut and the whole experience. So with that, we went with Jacobsen, and the relationship has been brilliant for the last five or six years.
"Obviously, we're quiet at the moment with lockdown, but during the season, when we're busy, it's very important. I can't have machinery down, it's very important that those machines are rolling whenever I need them, and Broderick do a great job making sure that happens."
