{"id":34373,"date":"2026-03-17T12:06:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/?p=34373"},"modified":"2026-03-23T20:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:25:27","slug":"elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/","title":{"rendered":"Elin Foyle: Beyond the mower"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-668xds-56fc097f02dd5fd815a4c670ae0dcfdf\">\n.avia-image-container.av-668xds-56fc097f02dd5fd815a4c670ae0dcfdf img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-668xds-56fc097f02dd5fd815a4c670ae0dcfdf .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-668xds-56fc097f02dd5fd815a4c670ae0dcfdf av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first '  ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-34381 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-34381 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Design-ohne-Titel-73.jpg\" alt='Elin Foyle' title='Elin Foyle'  height=\"924\" width=\"1643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Design-ohne-Titel-73.jpg 1643w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Design-ohne-Titel-73-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Design-ohne-Titel-73-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Design-ohne-Titel-73-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Design-ohne-Titel-73-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Design-ohne-Titel-73-1500x844.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Design-ohne-Titel-73-705x397.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1643px) 100vw, 1643px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-39e2nx-2cc38033b2779553530cb957b1cb8b62\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-39e2nx-2cc38033b2779553530cb957b1cb8b62{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-39e2nx-2cc38033b2779553530cb957b1cb8b62 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-39e2nx-2cc38033b2779553530cb957b1cb8b62 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-39e2nx-2cc38033b2779553530cb957b1cb8b62 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_post_metadata '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  >Elin Foyle: Beyond the mower<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='av-post-metadata-container av-mge2bgsm-01009be1456bcf0b2433c27ba5bb8484 av-metadata-container-align-left  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock  av-metadata-container-1'><div class='av-post-metadata-container-inner'><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-meta-content\"><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-modified\"><span class=\"av-post-metadata-modified-date\" >23. March 2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kou9nhs7-96e3b90774a35b84f2d6104824db7369 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p>&#8220;Getting up with the sunrise and getting going, I just love it&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Elin Foyle<\/strong> gets a bit carried away when she talks about the benefits of her job. The 24-year-old from<strong> Chieming<\/strong> in Upper Bavaria, Germany, is a greenkeeper, or assistant head greenkeeper to be precise. Grass defines her working day &#8211; but anyone who thinks that working with the green blades alone is just one thing &#8211; mindless grass cutting &#8211; is mistaken. &#8220;There&#8217;s always something different going on out there on the golf course, every day brings new challenges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old is getting to know the world with her greenkeeping job: As one of the scholarship holders of the annual<strong> FEGGA<\/strong> program, she was allowed to work at the renowned <strong>Kristianstad&#8217;s Golf Club in Sweden<\/strong> for six months at the expense of the European Greenkeeping Association together with the other six scholarship holders, was taught there by numerous experts from the golf industry and built up a large network. At the DP World Tournament Betfred British Masters at The Belfry, she stood on the course early in the morning together with the other greenkeepers and prepared it for the tournament. &#8220;It gave me a lot of confidence that I was allowed to do it myself and was solely responsible,&#8221; she says. &#8220;People just trusted me.&#8221; Her next goal in the fall is the Solheim Cup at the Bernardus Golf Resort in the Netherlands. &#8220;I already know the greenkeeper there quite well,&#8221; she explains. It will be another international experience for the German, who wanted one thing above all else after school &#8211; to get out into the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mmkyzhvu-8659ea085903f692e269f23080839b82\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mmkyzhvu-8659ea085903f692e269f23080839b82 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mmkyzhvu-8659ea085903f692e269f23080839b82 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mmkyzhvu-8659ea085903f692e269f23080839b82 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  av-has-copyright av-copyright-always'  ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-34387 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-34387 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/27e358ee-03b2-4f6d-a32b-0811676e8938-225x300.jpeg\" alt='' title='Elin Foyle working at the Bedford British Masters'  height=\"300\" width=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/27e358ee-03b2-4f6d-a32b-0811676e8938-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/27e358ee-03b2-4f6d-a32b-0811676e8938-773x1030.jpeg 773w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/27e358ee-03b2-4f6d-a32b-0811676e8938-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/27e358ee-03b2-4f6d-a32b-0811676e8938.jpeg 924w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/27e358ee-03b2-4f6d-a32b-0811676e8938-529x705.jpeg 529w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/div><small class=\"avia-copyright\">Elin Foyle working at the Bedford British Masters<\/small><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mml6mnzd-2e98943f75d1ea9425e8f387f7cef62e '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p>&#8220;I was just everywhere and did the strangest jobs, like being a real estate agent in Egypt,&#8221; she recalls. &#8220;But in the end, I was drawn back to the golf course.&#8221; She has known it since childhood. &#8220;My father was head greenkeeper, I was kind of thrown into greenkeeping and didn&#8217;t really have a chance.&#8221; When she was 15, she got her first temporary jobs on the Chieming golf course during the vacations or at weekends.<\/p>\n<p>She is now extremely happy with her career choice. &#8220;Business changes very quickly, so you can&#8217;t get comfortable and you always have to be up to date.&#8221; She also realized this during her scholarship in Sweden, where she had to work on a challenging water management project together with another student. The duo had to talk to experts from the companies, test new methods for measuring soil moisture and define their own solution strategy. &#8220;You really had to get out of your comfort zone,&#8221; she sums up. The fact that she was the only woman and had to get along with six men from different countries was also not easy. &#8220;You also learn a lot about people as part of a scholarship like this; that&#8217;s pretty important in borderkeeping teams.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/fegga-golf-has-no-voice-without-data\/\" class='avia-iframe-wrap'>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"bA5SIElM9M\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/fegga-golf-has-no-voice-without-data\/\">FEGGA warns: Golf has no voice without data<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;FEGGA warns: Golf has no voice without data&#8221; &#8212; Golf Sustainable\" src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/fegga-golf-has-no-voice-without-data\/embed\/#?secret=18rCTRW4dN#?secret=bA5SIElM9M\" data-secret=\"bA5SIElM9M\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Back in Chieming, Elin Foyle is now familiar with all the new technology that many greenkeepers in Germany have never had to deal with before. Whether it&#8217;s satellite-controlled soil moisture measurement or the USGA&#8217;s DEACON ball, which collects data on the firmness of the ground surface, for example, the 24-year-old has received first-class training. She has a very good 18-hole golf course to look after, for which average resources are available. Is a significantly smaller budget a real setback after the stay in Kristianstad, where the students had access to the latest machinery and technology? &#8220;No, the higher art is to achieve a lot with few resources,&#8221; she says. &#8220;You have to dig in a lot more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, Elin Foyle will continue to review the top courses in Europe. Her greenkeeper network is now extensive. In an industry in which the exchange of information is extremely valuable, she scores highly as a greenkeeper with experience beyond Germany&#8217;s borders. This is exactly what the greenkeeping job has now opened up for her. Elin Foyle has combined the best of two worlds: Looking out over the Upper Bavarian landscape at sunrise in Chieming in the morning &#8211; and at the same time networking with colleagues from all over Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mmq2h70z-5ffd4dbba083b3490285acd9c85c3905\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mmq2h70z-5ffd4dbba083b3490285acd9c85c3905 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mmq2h70z-5ffd4dbba083b3490285acd9c85c3905 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mmq2h70z-5ffd4dbba083b3490285acd9c85c3905 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '  ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-34383 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-34383 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d0194a8d-8319-411f-a369-c6c9c9422965-225x300.jpeg\" alt='' title='FEGGA Scholars 2025'  height=\"300\" width=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d0194a8d-8319-411f-a369-c6c9c9422965-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d0194a8d-8319-411f-a369-c6c9c9422965-772x1030.jpeg 772w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d0194a8d-8319-411f-a369-c6c9c9422965-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d0194a8d-8319-411f-a369-c6c9c9422965.jpeg 924w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d0194a8d-8319-411f-a369-c6c9c9422965-529x705.jpeg 529w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mmuk57k7-c4c6830123ab8c81167c1fef5c6288a8 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><div hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/italy-golf-successful-bermudagras-transformation\/\" class='avia-iframe-wrap'>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"p5WxI37KDT\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/italy-golf-successful-bermudagras-transformation\/\">From a &#8222;crazy&#8220; idea to a successful transformation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;From a &#8222;crazy&#8220; idea to a successful transformation&#8221; &#8212; Golf Sustainable\" src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/italy-golf-successful-bermudagras-transformation\/embed\/#?secret=wf9iYnZOZY#?secret=p5WxI37KDT\" data-secret=\"p5WxI37KDT\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='av-social-sharing-box av-2mu5xc-be51418eee8367333fa093228d957c81 av-social-sharing-box-default  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  av-social-sharing-box-fullwidth'><div class=\"av-share-box\"><h5 class='av-share-link-description av-no-toc '>Share entry<\/h5><ul class=\"av-share-box-list noLightbox\"><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-facebook avia_social_iconfont' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/&#038;t=Elin%20Foyle%3A%20Beyond%20the%20mower' data-av_icon='\ue8f3' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'  title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on Facebook'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-twitter avia_social_iconfont' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on X\" href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Elin%20Foyle%3A%20Beyond%20the%20mower&#038;url=https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/?p=34373' data-av_icon='\ue932' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'  title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on X'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on X<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-whatsapp avia_social_iconfont' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on WhatsApp\" href='https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?text=https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/' data-av_icon='\uf232' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'  title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on WhatsApp'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on WhatsApp<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-pinterest avia_social_iconfont' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Pinterest\" href='https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgolfsustainable.com%2Fen%2Felin-fyle-beyond_the_mower%2F&#038;description=Elin%20Foyle%3A%20Beyond%20the%20mower&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fgolfsustainable.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FDesign-ohne-Titel-73-705x397.jpg' data-av_icon='\ue8f8' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'  title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on Pinterest'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-linkedin avia_social_iconfont' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on LinkedIn\" href='https:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;title=Elin%20Foyle%3A%20Beyond%20the%20mower&#038;url=https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/' data-av_icon='\ue8fc' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'  title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on LinkedIn'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-mail avia_social_iconfont' ><a  aria-label=\"Share by Mail\" href='mailto:?subject=Elin%20Foyle%3A%20Beyond%20the%20mower&#038;body=https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/' data-av_icon='\ue805' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'  title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share by Mail'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share by Mail<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[768,773,1868,813,775,755,3307],"tags":[3638,3639,2753,3637],"class_list":["post-34373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bavaria","category-club-news-en","category-gender-en","category-greenkeeping-en","category-international-news","category-uncategorized","category-special-women","tag-elin-foyle","tag-elin-foyle-and-greenkeeping","tag-fegga-en","tag-fegga-scholarship"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Elin Foyle: Beyond the mower - Golf Sustainable<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Elin Foyle, Assistant Headgreenkeeper at GC Chieming, FEGGA Scholarship Holder 2025, builds on her first-class network and top training\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Elin Foyle: Beyond the mower\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The greenkeeper of the GC Chieming was FEGGA scholarship holder 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Golf Sustainable\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/golfsustainable\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-17T12:06:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-23T20:25:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Design-ohne-Titel-73.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1643\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"924\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Petra Himmel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Elin Foyle: Beyond the mower\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@golfsustainable\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@golfsustainable\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Petra Himmel\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Petra Himmel\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/82f0f9adc86388dc4f7b70ca199b1655\"},\"headline\":\"Elin Foyle: Beyond the mower\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-17T12:06:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-23T20:25:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":2169,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/Design-ohne-Titel-73.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Elin Foyle\",\"Elin Foyle and Greenkeeping\",\"FEGGA\",\"Fegga Scholarship\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Bavaria\",\"Club News\",\"Gender\",\"Greenkeeping\",\"International News\",\"News\",\"Special women\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\\\/\",\"name\":\"Elin Foyle: Beyond the mower - Golf Sustainable\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/Design-ohne-Titel-73.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-17T12:06:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-23T20:25:27+00:00\",\"description\":\"Elin Foyle, Assistant Headgreenkeeper at GC Chieming, FEGGA Scholarship Holder 2025, builds on her first-class network and top training\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/Design-ohne-Titel-73.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/Design-ohne-Titel-73.jpg\",\"width\":1643,\"height\":924,\"caption\":\"Elin Foyle\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Elin Foyle: Beyond the mower\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Golf Sustainable\",\"description\":\"Mehr Drive f\u00fcr Nachhaltigkeit im Golf\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Golf Sustainable\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/logo_GolfSustainable_final.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/logo_GolfSustainable_final.png\",\"width\":418,\"height\":375,\"caption\":\"Golf Sustainable\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/golfsustainable\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/golfsustainable\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/golfsustainable\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/petra-himmel-11426286\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCwFJsGawvBE0g-JPRVYR5yA\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/golfsustainable\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/golfsustainable.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/82f0f9adc86388dc4f7b70ca199b1655\",\"name\":\"Petra Himmel\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3000d362b9d18cd888ae380d4f76ba4c800977addbfc684ff5db269e2ea54f02?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3000d362b9d18cd888ae380d4f76ba4c800977addbfc684ff5db269e2ea54f02?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3000d362b9d18cd888ae380d4f76ba4c800977addbfc684ff5db269e2ea54f02?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Petra Himmel\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.golfsustainable.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Elin Foyle: Beyond the mower - Golf Sustainable","description":"Elin Foyle, Assistant Headgreenkeeper at GC Chieming, FEGGA Scholarship Holder 2025, builds on her first-class network and top training","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Elin Foyle: Beyond the mower","og_description":"The greenkeeper of the GC Chieming was FEGGA scholarship holder 2025","og_url":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/","og_site_name":"Golf Sustainable","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/golfsustainable","article_published_time":"2026-03-17T12:06:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-23T20:25:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1643,"height":924,"url":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Design-ohne-Titel-73.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Petra Himmel","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Elin Foyle: Beyond the mower","twitter_creator":"@golfsustainable","twitter_site":"@golfsustainable","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Petra Himmel","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/"},"author":{"name":"Petra Himmel","@id":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/82f0f9adc86388dc4f7b70ca199b1655"},"headline":"Elin Foyle: Beyond the mower","datePublished":"2026-03-17T12:06:56+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-23T20:25:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/"},"wordCount":2169,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Design-ohne-Titel-73.jpg","keywords":["Elin Foyle","Elin Foyle and Greenkeeping","FEGGA","Fegga Scholarship"],"articleSection":["Bavaria","Club News","Gender","Greenkeeping","International News","News","Special women"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/","url":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/","name":"Elin Foyle: Beyond the mower - Golf Sustainable","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Design-ohne-Titel-73.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-17T12:06:56+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-23T20:25:27+00:00","description":"Elin Foyle, Assistant Headgreenkeeper at GC Chieming, FEGGA Scholarship Holder 2025, builds on her first-class network and top training","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Design-ohne-Titel-73.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Design-ohne-Titel-73.jpg","width":1643,"height":924,"caption":"Elin Foyle"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/elin-fyle-beyond_the_mower\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Elin Foyle: Beyond the mower"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/","name":"Golf Sustainable","description":"Mehr Drive f\u00fcr Nachhaltigkeit im Golf","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Golf Sustainable","url":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/logo_GolfSustainable_final.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/logo_GolfSustainable_final.png","width":418,"height":375,"caption":"Golf Sustainable"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/golfsustainable","https:\/\/x.com\/golfsustainable","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/golfsustainable\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/petra-himmel-11426286\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCwFJsGawvBE0g-JPRVYR5yA","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/golfsustainable\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/82f0f9adc86388dc4f7b70ca199b1655","name":"Petra Himmel","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3000d362b9d18cd888ae380d4f76ba4c800977addbfc684ff5db269e2ea54f02?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3000d362b9d18cd888ae380d4f76ba4c800977addbfc684ff5db269e2ea54f02?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3000d362b9d18cd888ae380d4f76ba4c800977addbfc684ff5db269e2ea54f02?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Petra Himmel"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.golfsustainable.com"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34373"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34425,"href":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34373\/revisions\/34425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}