Jon Methven

@GolfasDream 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 for a visit?

Quick feed on the greens this morning, before I jump on a plane tomorrow heading to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 to see my family! It’s been awhile to say the least. Taking my clubs, looking forward to playing some amazing links tracks and watching some football 👌🏼 #HOLIDAY #Golf #family

Continuous mowing of the @TheOpen infrastructure areas @TheHomeofGolf through winter, spring & summer to encourage the ground nesting Skylarks & Meadow Pipits to choose more protected areas to nest. @jon_methven @TheToroCompany

A new area completed this week @TheHomeofGolf . The creation of a vertical face on the sand dune that will hopefully become a new habitat for our seasonal Sand martins that will utilise this area for nesting.

75 bunker rebuilds and still smiling!🙂 An incredible effort from the #OldCourse team concluding with the mighty Cottage Bunker this week.

@NBGCGreens @TheHomeofGolf @BarenbrugUK We were using sand dyed green with seed mixed through it. But now just using seed only. Adding the seed to the pitch mark and repair it.

This season we altered the way we repaired pitch marks at #Castlecourse. And the results have been excellent! @TheHomeofGolf @BarenbrugUK #fescue #recovery

@greig_easton @TheHomeofGolf @BarenbrugUK Just adding seed to the pitch mark the poking it into the mark then using hole scissors to repair the mark. Nothing fancy!

@jon_methven @TheHomeofGolf @BarenbrugUK What method have you been using Jon, we are a mess with pitchmarks just now.

Well thats the end of the 2019 season well done to the #CastleCourse #greenkeeping #team for all the effort thoughout the season time for so #renovation work to begin #seeding greens #fescue @TheHomeofGolf

Benefits of filling pitchmarks with #sandandseed #germination #fescue #littlebylittle #finegrasses #CastleCourse @TheHomeofGolf

New putting green due to open next week looking great @tjharris61 @jon_methven #CastleCourse @TheHomeofGolf

C.A.T & Genny training @TheHomeofGolf with some of St.A Links finest. @Moonzerz @GavNeill @philhind86 @jon_methven #safetyfirst #continueToLearn @BIGGALtd

Still wondering if it is worth applying for the @BIGGALtd delegation? Have a read of the Greenkeeper International's latest edition to find out. #biggadelegation #GIS2019 ow.ly/l4Nm30o3trE Register your interest for next year : bernhard.co.uk/bigga2020/

Back to some good old fashioned #greenkeeping this week #topdressingbyhand and the #Trulut to refine and smooth surfaces on the #newputtinggreen skilled job #consistency #CastleCourse @TheHomeofGolf

Ahead of it opening again for play in March, the #CastleCourse greenkeeping team have been hard at work!

@robin_cheney You said it 😂

@dickson_gk @TheHomeofGolf I was going to tweet also today but never got round to it!

@turfnet @BIGGA_BTME @TheHomeofGolf @KigerJon Thanks for sharing this picture. @turfnet Here is your photo @dukesgreens

@jon_methven @BIGGA_BTME @TheHomeofGolf @KigerJon Thanks for attending and for using what you learned so soon after the presentation! @KigerJon

After a great few days @BIGGA_BTME it’s back to #thecastlecourse today with some grassland management @TheHomeofGolf also testing out after speaking with @turfnet @KigerJon yesterday. Thanks

#PuttingGreen finally finished just in time for the #coldsnap #CastleCourse @TheHomeofGolf

@ReesinkTurfcare @TheToroCompany Sad news to the industry. Received some excellent training and stories from this training legend.

Clive Pinnock, Reesink’s training ambassador who worked for the company for 34 years before retiring in Spring 2018, has sadly passed away following a short battle with cancer. ow.ly/c1oB30nbJKS @TheToroCompany