Toro turfs K Club for the Ryder Cup
The 2006 Ryder Cup will be heading to Ireland this September
with the eyes of the golfing world focusing on The K Club's
Palmer Course, one of Europe's finest courses, equipped with
Toro's irrigation and turf management technologies. It will be
the culmination of a six year partnership during which The Toro
Company has been assisting The K Club in preparation for the
biggest sporting event ever witnessed in Ireland.
Toro is the Official Provider of Irrigation and Turf
Maintenance Equipment for The K Club, and has partnerships
formed with future European Ryder Cup courses over the next
decade. Toro's support for The Ryder Cup includes providing
irrigation system performance checks, ongoing involvement
with superintendents and grounds crews, on site technicians
to assist during the event, and additional turf equipment
including mowers, bunker rakes, utility vehicles and more.
"We're very proud and excited to be in partnership with both
The K Club and The Ryder Cup," said Mike Hoffman, president,
CEO and Chairman of The Toro Company. "Through this major golf
event, Toro's commitment topowerful innovations that help
increase playability and profitability can truly shine."
Since 1998, The K Club's Palmer Course has undergone incredible
changesin preparation for this September's Ryder Cup. Gerry
Byrne, course superintendent at The K Club, and his team have
added new greens, tees, and bunkers, introduced swale areas,
planted mature trees, reduced six fairway widths, and built a new
maintenance facility.
Ireland's cool, maritime climate poses certain challenges to
The K Club's course. Achieving a light footprint is important,
so Byrne relies on Toro to provide him with lightweight mowers
to easily and efficiently cut the fairways before and during
matches.
"In addition to Toro's equipment, we have wall-to-wall
Toro irrigation products installed on our golf courses and
we're very proud of it," said Byrne. "Toro has really been
there for me whenever I needed them."
Toro enjoys a long standing relationship with The Ryder Cup.
In 1997, The Ryder Cup took place in Spain's Club de Golf
Valderrama - a golf course that has used Toro irrigation
and equipment since 1986. In fact, Toro-equipped courses
have already been chosen to host all European Ryder Cup
matches through 2014.
with the eyes of the golfing world focusing on The K Club's
Palmer Course, one of Europe's finest courses, equipped with
Toro's irrigation and turf management technologies. It will be
the culmination of a six year partnership during which The Toro
Company has been assisting The K Club in preparation for the
biggest sporting event ever witnessed in Ireland.
Toro is the Official Provider of Irrigation and Turf
Maintenance Equipment for The K Club, and has partnerships
formed with future European Ryder Cup courses over the next
decade. Toro's support for The Ryder Cup includes providing
irrigation system performance checks, ongoing involvement
with superintendents and grounds crews, on site technicians
to assist during the event, and additional turf equipment
including mowers, bunker rakes, utility vehicles and more.
"We're very proud and excited to be in partnership with both
The K Club and The Ryder Cup," said Mike Hoffman, president,
CEO and Chairman of The Toro Company. "Through this major golf
event, Toro's commitment topowerful innovations that help
increase playability and profitability can truly shine."
Since 1998, The K Club's Palmer Course has undergone incredible
changesin preparation for this September's Ryder Cup. Gerry
Byrne, course superintendent at The K Club, and his team have
added new greens, tees, and bunkers, introduced swale areas,
planted mature trees, reduced six fairway widths, and built a new
maintenance facility.
Ireland's cool, maritime climate poses certain challenges to
The K Club's course. Achieving a light footprint is important,
so Byrne relies on Toro to provide him with lightweight mowers
to easily and efficiently cut the fairways before and during
matches.
"In addition to Toro's equipment, we have wall-to-wall
Toro irrigation products installed on our golf courses and
we're very proud of it," said Byrne. "Toro has really been
there for me whenever I needed them."
Toro enjoys a long standing relationship with The Ryder Cup.
In 1997, The Ryder Cup took place in Spain's Club de Golf
Valderrama - a golf course that has used Toro irrigation
and equipment since 1986. In fact, Toro-equipped courses
have already been chosen to host all European Ryder Cup
matches through 2014.
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