TIDY COURSE: Golf course manager Davy Cuthbertson with his team
A NORTH-EAST hotel has spent more than half-a-million pounds on ensuring its championship golf course looks its best.
Rockliffe Hall, near Darlington, has spent about £500,000 on the latest green-keeping machinery to keep the 7,879-yards course in the best condition.
In addition, £16,000 has been spent on building buggy paths around the course, plus another £14,000 on haulage routes around the property for maintenance vehicles.
The course requires the daily attention of 11 full-time greenkeepers, plus three seasonal workers, a mechanic in the machinery centre and three permanent gardeners for the adjoining five-star hotel.
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