When the world’s best female golfers arrived at Royal Porthcawl for the AIG Women’s Open this July, they were greeted by fairways that had been meticulously mowed —not only by human hands, but by a fleet of Husqvarna CEORA robotic mowers. It was an historic moment for greenkeeping and was the first time The R&A had entrusted all 18 fairways to autonomous machines, both in the build-up to, and throughout, one of its major championships.

This was a groundbreaking partnership and collaboration between course management, tournament agronomists and partnerships teams working closely together to ensure the best conditions were laid for a momentous tournament.

In a week where history was made off the course, with crowds ensuring this would be the largest ever women’s sporting event to take place in Wales, on the course, Husqvarna’s cutting-edge technology found its place in the history books.