South Staffordshire Golf Club, has signed up to a five-year lease deal with Jacobsen.

The new machinery will join existing Jacobsen mowers already in use at the club. The delivery was made by Jacobsen U.K. Direct, the company’s only direct distribution channel in the U.K., covering Staffordshire and Shropshire.

The lease deal machinery includes an HR500 wide-area rotary mower, an LF577 fairway mower, three PGM pedestrian greens mowers and an E-Z-GO RXV golf car. The existing machinery includes an Eclipse 322 greens mower, an AR-3 contour rotary mower and an LF550 fairway mower.

Craig Parry with the new Jacobsen equipment included on the five-year lease deal

Craig Parry has been the head greenkeeper at South Staffordshire Golf Club for five years after spending four years at the Dukes, St. Andrews in Scotland. Commenting on the new lease deal, Craig said, “I am delighted with the deal we have got with Jacobsen. All of the machinery will make a huge difference on the course. We are a lot more productive now, which means that we can spend more time on the smaller details around the course, which is what all golf clubs would like to do, but just don’t have the time or the staff.

“Due to the time we’re saving cutting the rough, we have also got some PGM pedestrian greens mowers. We’re able to hand cut rather than triple mow now, so the presentation of our greens has also dramatically improved. The PGM mowers are so light as well; the stress on the grass is minimal which is another huge bonus. 

“Bruce Alexander and Harvey Doughty from Jacobsen U.K. Direct have been brilliant. They are always popping in to check on us and making sure we’re happy with everything. I think it’s great that we’re able to have a direct relationship with Jacobsen and the factory; we’re certainly benefiting from the knowledge and efficiency it brings.”