The Haywards Heath Course in West Sussex was destroyed after a greenskeeper accidentally sprayed it with a concoction containing an herbicide.
Agent Orange is not good for golf courses.
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Our greens were destroyed in 1998 by mis-labeled fertilizer. Forced long-range plans into short term ones. Irrigation installed, new greens and tee boxes (mistakenly bent instead of natural poa) and traps were rebuilt (without detailed blueprints, and with poor design).
What a nightmare. Greenskeeper’s life was spared.
Barely.