Turf Science Live 2025 delivers practical insight for turf professionals

Turf Science Live 2025 has recently brought together turf professionals

Turf Science Live 2025 drew record attendance in Ireland, underlining the continued demand for practical, research-led learning in turf management

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2 October 2025

Turf Science Live 2025 has recently brought together turf professionals to explore the latest research and technology.

Organised by ICL and Syngenta, the series held at Carton House and Fairmont St Andrews, drew record attendance in Ireland and strong engagement in Scotland, underlining the continued demand for practical, research-led learning in turf management.

“Turf Science Live is about creating a learning environment where turf professionals can see new technologies and innovations in practice and ask questions directly to the people behind them,” Colman Warde, country manager for ICL in Ireland, said.

He added: “the feedback has been outstanding again this year, and it is clear that events like these help greenkeepers and grounds teams take away practical knowledge they can apply straight away.”

Delegates represented every level of the industry, from apprentices and assistant greenkeepers through to course managers, superintendents, agronomists, and head grounds staff.

They rotated through technical stations covering precision spray application, precision nutrition, adapting disease control to a changing climate, building fertilisers for the future, and the role of biostimulants in turf management.

The mix of practical experience and perspective added to the open discussion and knowledge-sharing across both events.

A highlight of the St Andrews event was a presentation from the R&A on Championship Agronomy, giving attendees a rare insight into how world-class playing surfaces are prepared and maintained for major tournaments.

“At Turf Science Live we focused on two key areas for turf managers: precision spray application and adapting disease control to a changing climate,” Sarah Hughes, business manager at Syngenta, said.

She continued: “from practical sprayer set-up and new nozzle technology to strategies for managing turf health under more unpredictable weather patterns, the sessions showed how Syngenta research is being translated into real-world solutions.”

One of the attendees, Neil Holger, course manager at Hamilton Golf Club, said: “the best thing about Turf Science Live is finding out what’s new and what’s coming, but also the networking.”