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!