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By: Pat Jones <\/strong>| Alec Macindoe is a top course manager in a highly competitive market who values old-school agronomy. But, he hasn\u2019t been afraid to try new technologies to solve age-old issues with soils and nutrition.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alec Macindoe and his father<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Alec Macindoe\u2019s profile on Twitter notes proudly that he\u2019s a believer in the \u201cold school traditions of course maintenance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, his dad was the longtime course manager of Killarney Golf & Fishing Club in southern Ireland where he hosted four Irish Opens, so Macindoe has undeniably old-school roots. To dig in deeper, we asked the course manager of the wonderful old West Surrey Golf Course what those traditions meant to him today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about being true to yourself. It\u2019s creating a turf environment that\u2019s healthy and sustainable. As an industry, golf is seemingly now all about presentation and color, but I want to produce good healthy turf with the right grasses. To produce finer grasses, with better turf quality and turf health, you need to be using the right amount of products \u2013 but usually a lower amount of water and nutrients. You have to be aware of the balance that the soil needs. That\u2019s what old school means to me, and I work really hard to try to do that.\u201d   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What\u2019s the agronomic key? \u201cIf I can get the soil microbes working for me, culturally, and not try to encourage growth as much as maintain good turf, then we get the results I am looking for. I\u2019ve used that approach at every course I\u2019ve managed and it has always been successful for the greens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s been Macindoe\u2019s mantra for over 8 years at West Surrey. He\u2019s created a better product, which in turn, has helped to drive memberships, rounds, and revenues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not surprisingly, his first year at the club focused almost entirely on greens. \u201cThey were up and down (in quality) so we went back to the basics,\u201d said Macindoe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alec\u2019s team had the Procore out every week and used the Air2 G2 heavily, plus Vertidrain deep-tining and lots of topdressing. \u201cIt was largely cultural, but within six months we produced a better, more consistent course. Within a year we had members coming in and the golf course clearly looked better. The snowball started and the club has supported us well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But he was also looking for better plant health and more sustainable nutritional practices. He\u2019d worked with Aquatrols and used Revolution\u00ae<\/sup> and other products from the company and felt good about their approach. He got in touch with his rep, Peter Lacey, to explore his options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wanted some longer-term solutions. Peter Lacey is a good rep and I believe in him. I liked Revolution but I have to admit I was dubious about Redox. But Pete said, \u2018This is right up your street, this is going to fit right in with your philosophy.\u2019 I trusted Pete and Aquatrols so we decided to give it a go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first 6-9 months, they used a program with a monthly tank mix of equal parts of TurfRx OxyCal, NatureCur, and Si. They also had Mick Fance of Aquatrols Europe help them identify initial benchmarks to track key factors like root depth and root density. \u201cBoth metrics improved but I also observed that we simply weren\u2019t getting the diseases that others in the area were hit by. And we noticed that if we did have a little disease it wasn\u2019t too aggressive and the recovery was far quicker,\u201d said Macindoe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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His team has since modified the schedule to trickle-feed greens weekly in order to give the flexibility to tinker with nutrients at different times of the year. \u201cIf we get into a period where we need to push them on a little bit, you might up your nutrient and mix it in with the Redox.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alec says that the result of the trickle approach has been amazing: \u201cWe now have just very consistent surfaces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He says the members are a bit \u2018gob smacked\u2019 that they\u2019re producing greens like this in the winter and that there\u2019s no fusarium or other winter disease. \u201cThey love it,\u201d says Macindoe. \u201cThey think I\u2019m just lucky but it\u2019s really the result of us producing much healthier growing environments.\u201d   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results are clear but how else does the program benefit Macindoe and West Surrey? \u201cI\u2019m not going into work worrying about what I\u2019m going to get hit with. I worry less about problems and recovery. Our fungicide usage is way down which is obviously a big savings. And what we spend per month on Redox is way less than what we\u2019d be spending on granular fertilizer without all the negatives that come along with granular fertilizers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf I can get plant health every week without that flush, it\u2019s absolutely worth it. And the boosts to consistency and confidence are huge. It allows me to think more clearly about the golf course. You\u2019re in a better frame of mind to trust the process of what you\u2019re doing and the products that help you do it. \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So how does that traditional approach fit with today\u2019s maintenance practices and products? \u201cRedox is the first product I\u2019ve come across that genuinely fits with my principles and my philosophies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most importantly, what does his father say about the modern way he\u2019s implementing his old-school philosophy? \u201cI think deep down he\u2019s so old school he probably doesn\u2019t believe anything that comes out of a jug could fix anything. (Laughs) But he does visit and he kind of embarrasses me and says he could have never produced surfaces like ours. He thinks the results are great and he\u2019s very proud.\u201d
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