Whilst Angus has only worked at the Belfry for two years, it was his experience of working with SISIS for over 30 years that prompted the purchase of the new turf maintenance machinery.

After consultation with head greenkeeper Jamie Brooks and workshop manager Chris Minton, followed by a demonstration, the decision was made to add the two SISIS machines to the extensive turf maintenance fleet of over 200 machines that look after the manicured PGA courses.

"I've used SISIS equipment at all of the courses I've worked at for the past 30 years," said Angus. The Megaslit and Multislit are great pieces of kit and both do a great job. They are efficient, quick and work in tandem with the other piece of aeration equipment we use. Because of the volume of land we have here, we needed something that would do a good job and do it quickly. Both machines immediately ticked all of our boxes giving us a clean slitting motion for quick root pruning, slicing the fibre and controlling thatch."

Both machines were put straight into work and will predominantly be used during the winter months. "We will use the machines from November through to January," explained Angus. "We use them from 2 inches right up to 10 inches - as long as we don't have any issues with wiring or irrigation pipes and they give us very little surface disturbance."