Roger Myatt, Doncaster Golf Club, GB: 3 machines in one - the Profihopper 1250

Roger Myatt is the golf course manager at Doncaster Golf Club in the UK. He got to know the Profihopper 1250 during a demonstration a few years ago. The golf club team is now using the Profihopper 1250 more and more frequently. The decision to buy the machine was taken almost 2 years ago. and was helped by the close location of the course to AMAZONE Ltd.’s headquarters which makes any cooperation much simpler. “We like the Profihopper because it can perform any task required of it. Here at the club, the PH 1250 is being used to maintain the heath areas and, through scarifying, we promote seed germination of the grass. It also thins out those areas with thick, tall grass and we use it to collect leaves in the autumn,” explains Mr. Myatt. The beauty now is that the Profihopper has improved the characteristics of heathland and, where the rough has been cut and thinned out, these surfaces have become easier to play. 

It keeps the falling leaves in check and, because the PH 1250 is so compact, it fits between the trees and so collects the majority of the leaves which can then be easily emptied into trailers. Roger Myatt goes on to add “What we particularly like about the Profihopper are the simple things; the height adjustment, its manoeuvrability between the trees and the high-tip emptying (up to 2.10 m)”. The technical plus point, and the deciding factor, according to Roger Myatt in choosing the Profihopper, was the fact that he has 3 machines in one - leaf collector, grass cutter and scarifier. “I would certainly recommend the use of an AMAZONE Profihopper 1250 for golf courses, even the club members are impressed by it," he concludes.