The twenty-third Golf Environment Awards (GEAs) ceremony took place at The Crown Hotel, Harrogate, on 23 January 2019.
The awards are held annually and recognise, reward and promote remarkable teams and golf courses that have successfully implemented environmentally sound land management practices at their clubs.
Here’s some of the photos from the night, click an image to open the gallery.
Aldeburgh Golf Club, Environmental Golf Course of the Year 2019 
Corhampton Golf Club, Operation Pollinator 2019 
Phil Stain, Notts Golf Club, Conservation Greenkeeper of the Year 2019 
STRI’s Bob Taylor with Gordon Moir, St Andrews (retired), Lifetime Achievement Award 
Wylihof Golf Club, Outstanding Environmental Project of the Year 2019
STRI, The R&A (lead partner), and award sponsors, Syngenta, Tillers Turf, Aquatrols, Ransomes Jacobsen, Wiedenmann, Operation Pollinator, GCMA and BIGGA, were delighted to welcome over 150 people from the sports turf industry to this year’s sustainable event.
Banchory Golf Club, GEA 2019 Finalist 
Bob Taylor, STRI, with Les Rae, Montrose Golf Club 
Cotswold Hills Golf Club, GEA 2019 Finalist 
Dr Tom Young and Rob Baker, STRI 
Familial competition from Finalists Paul and Matt Worster 
Gordon Brammah, Hallamshire Golf Club, GEA Finalist 2019 
Gordon Moir, with his wife Pauline Moir, Lifetime Achievement Award 
Ipswich Golf Club, GEA 2019 Finalist 
Michael Wells, CEO, Carnoustie Golf Links 
Montrose Golf Club, GEA 2019 Finalist 
Neil Sherman, Purdis Heath (Ipswich) Golf Club 
Rhythm Deluxe 
St Andrews Links Trust, GEA 2019 Finalist 
STRI ecological consultant and co-host, Rowan Rumball, GEA 2019 
Suzanne Killip and Bryony Plews, STRI 
The Golf Environment Awards, 2019 
Warrington Golf Club, GEA 2019 Finalist 
Wigan Golf Club, GEA 2019 Finalists 
Woking Golf Club, GEA 2019 Finalist 
Wylihof Golf Club, Outstanding Environmental Project of the Year 2019
Thank you to everyone who attended the awards. Entries are now open for 2020, click here for more info on how to apply.
In the meantime, here’s a few words from those that attended the Golf Environment Awards 2019:
“The growth in the Environment Awards is a reflection on all the hard work you and your colleagues put in. It is great to see so many organisations from across the industry come together for a common goal.Frank Clarkson, Dundonald Links
“Dundonald Links has certainly benefited from the help and guidance we have received over the years.”
“Thank you for a splendid evening at the Golf Environment Awards. We’re still buzzing from it and all of the Aldeburgh party had a marvellous time.”
Mark Broughton, Aldeburgh Golf Club
“The awards event has been totally transformed since I last attended five years ago and I was massively impressed. I think that my two colleagues who had never been before had their eyes opened to the stature of the awards and how much golf clubs are doing for the environment.
Matthew Worster, Cotswold Hills Golf Club
“I sincerely hope that the GEAs continues to grow and gets the support from both individual golf clubs and sponsors that this competition deserves.”
The Golf Environment Awards 