World famous golf resort and future Ryder Cup venue Gleneagles now boasts an enhanced, state-of-the-art main range tee off area thanks to the expertise of Huxley Golf and their range of high quality all-weather golf surfaces.

In the run up to the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles, the world renowned resort wished to enhance the facilities at its PGA National Golf Academy. With the academy already featuring Huxley Golf’s durable Tee Turf in the short game area, staff at Gleneagles once again sought the expertise of Huxley Golf, this time to improve the academy’s main range tee off area and ensure a truly world class experience for golfers.

With a number of enhancements being introduced at Gleneagles for the all-important 2014 tournament, the aim was to offer visitors to the academy an enhanced visual and more practical experience, ensuring the academy’s facilities were truly state-of-the-art.

After careful consultation with staff at Gleneagles, Huxley Golf was able to tailor a solution to suit and Huxley Golf’s Premier Tee Turf 2 and Premier Leisure Turf 35 were selected to create an attractive, extremely realistic looking turf, offering both long-lasting durability and low maintenance.

Scott Fenwick, Golf Courses and Estate Manager at Gleneagles, commented on the practical benefits of the new Huxley Golf surface: “The tee surface requires very little maintenance from the greenkeeping staff with no filler being required due to the dense pile and affords the green staff more time to spend on the golf course.”

Since the installation the Huxley Golf surface has continued to receive high praise from staff and visitors to Gleneagles. Andrew Jowettat, Senior Golf Professional at Gleneagles explained further: “The Huxley Golf surface has blended in seamlessly to the Gleneagles practice environment, allowing us to retain the appearance of a wonderfully natural facility. Ultimately, this has allowed the five-star, on-course experience of The King's, Queen's and PGA Centenary to be brought forward to include warm-up and practice time too.”  

He continued: “Guests are now afforded a far more realistic surface to hit balls from, delivering greater feel and feedback than ever before, with less artificial resistance than that provided by mats. The ability to tee balls to individually preferred heights offers greater flexibility and, again a more realistic golfing environment. Feedback has been overwhelmingly supportive, highlighting the integration of the Huxley Premier Tee and Lawn Turf as a positive improvement to The Gleneagles practice facility.”

Paul Huxley, Huxley Golf Managing Director, said: “We were delighted to be able to work with Gleneagles again, we are very proud of the service we provide, as well as the high quality of our products, so being asked to supply this world renowned resort as it prepares for the 2014 Ryder Cup is a real testament to that.”

PGA, SGU, EGU and GUW accredited with decades of experience, Huxley Golf supply all-weather surfaces to many of the world’s top golf courses, and offer not only an extensive range of versatile commercial products, but also a wealth of advice and support to ensure the right solution for your business.

For more information on the Premier Tee Turf and Premier Leisure Turf supplied to Gleneagles and a wide variety of other all-weather surfaces, visit Huxley Golf’s website www.huxleygolf.com or call 01962 733222.