Laurence Pithie is Turf Master One Laurence was the first greenkeeper to attain BIGGA’s Master Greenkeeper Certificate in 1991 and is also a recipient of both Greenkeeper and Groundsman of the Year in 1984 and 1988 respectively. He has served the industry for 39 years, working at numerous courses throughout the UK, first starting in 1970 as an apprentice greenkeeper at Bruntsfield Links GC in Edinburgh. For the last 17 years, he has been responsible for managing multi-sites, first with a construction company, then nearly 16 years with American Golf & Crown Golf respectively. In more recent years, Laurence has hosted a number of training workshops to help both Course Managers and General Managers in the various aspects of managing golf courses. More recently, Laurence has written a short book on ‘Managing Golf Courses More Effectively’ as well as the recently completed Golf Course Maintenance Manual which is now produced by The English Golf Union. Since 2008, he has presented workshops twice at Harrogate and at Kobe in Japan as well as giving presentations at International Conferences in Scotland, Gothenburg, Slovakia, Amsterdam & Berlin, the latter at the European Golf Business Conference. Having moved on from Crown Golf this Spring, Laurence has set up Turf Master One Ltd to fulfil his ambition in establishing a career in training, lecturing and consultancy within the golf industry in order to assist in the management of golf courses both in the UK and Europe. Throughout his career, Laurence has collected a significant amount of data plus an extensive library of photographs and books relating to Golf Course Management and the history of this Royal and Ancient game. If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork they do a golf club, they’d starve to death. Sam Snead