Greenkeeping
With 365 acres of golf course, lawns and
gardens, our team of Greenkeepers have the monumental task of
ensuring our Cotswold retreat is kept in tip-top condition.
Paul Bishop - Estate Manager
Paul has been at The Manor House since 1994, previously working
at the East Sussex National during construction. Having been in
Green keeping since 1980, nearly half his time has been spent here
at The Manor House watching the course come on in leaps and
bounds.
Paul's qualifications include City and Guilds Phase I - IV in
Sportsturf, Enterprise and Business Management and a Diploma in
Sportsturf. Paul is currently undertaking his Master Greenkeepers
Certificate of which presently there are only a handful in the UK.
If he doesn't have enough homework to do, Paul has decided to look
at a Degree in Horticulture so he can broaden his knowledge on the
garden side of life at The Manor House. What a busy chap!
A day in the life of a Greenkeeper...
Starting at 6am, the team run through the tasks for the day.
Then it's out into the fresh Cotswold air! Here are just a few of
the jobs our team are tasked with in the height of the
season...
Hand-cut greens
daily, cut tees, cut fairways, check and rake bunkers and cut
semi-rough. Other jobs may include top-dressing, aeration,
fertilisation and watering in the hot periods. Then there is Chef's
Kitchen Garden, the lawns and our idyllic Italian gardens that need
their TLC too!