The R&A has promoted Steve Isaac to the position of Director – Golf Course Management to reflect the importance placed by The R&A on environmental issues and sustainable course development and maintenance. The promotion also highlights the increasing reach and scale of The R&A Golf Course Committee’s work.
Isaac has been instrumental in delivering The R&A’s golf course management policy, which reflects the organisation’s belief that golf courses throughout the world should present themselves in the best possible condition and work to the highest ecological and environmental standards.
Since his appointment in 2003, his work has centred around developing management strategy guidance for sustainable golf courses, with particular focus on the use of water, fertilisers and chemicals, climate change, appropriate turfgrass selection and the planning of new courses.
Steve Isaac, 46, gained a BSc (Hons) in applied biology from Liverpool Polytechnic in 1983. Before joining The R&A, he worked as an agronomist for 17 years at the Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI).
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Note to Editors
The R&A Golf Course Committee
The R&A Golf Course Committee was established in 2002 to provide guidance and help on all aspects of golf course management. Its key objectives are to:
• Provide and promote best practice guidelines.
• Promote and encourage sustainable golf course development and management through the implementation of best practice.
• Co-ordinate technical information.
• Act as a positive influence on political policies and social legislation in relation to golf
• Develop and nourish practical and harmonious relationships with golf administrative bodies.
The R&A
The R&A is golf’s world rules and development body and organiser of The Open Championship. It operates with the consent of more than 130 national and international, amateur and professional organisations, from over 120 countries and on behalf of an estimated 30 million golfers in Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific and The Americas (outside the USA and Mexico). The United States Golf Association (USGA) is the game’s governing body in the United States and Mexico.
Further information:
Steve Isaac, Director – Golf Course Management
Malcolm Booth, Communications Manager
The R&A
Tel: +44 1334 460000
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