Golf Season Begins

We’re also delighted to have completed a 5-month state-of-the-art irrigation project on the Jack Nicklaus-designed PGA Centenary Course, which formerly hosted both the Ryder Cup and the Solheim Cup. The project will further enhance playing conditions across the 18-hole championship golf course and will see the installation of a new, highly efficient Rain Bird irrigation management system that will help reduce both water usage and power consumption. Beneath the golf course, 24.5 miles of new pipework have been laid, as well as 33.5 miles of cabling. 1,414 individual sprinkler heads have been strategically positioned so water can be applied more accurately over an eight-hour cycle, without the need to close the golf course.

Gleneagles is committed to conserving natural resources; this state-of-the-art irrigation system will reduce water consumption on the PGA Centenary Course by up to 30% helping us protect one of the planet’s most valuable resources for generations to come.