The award is supported by Natural England, the EGU, the Sports Turf Research Institute and the R&A. Having applied in 2006, the award assessors made an initial visit in February 2007, leaving the club with a list of targets to try and achieve.

'We had a relatively good platform in place beforehand', said Club professional Phil Weaver, 'with many bird boxes and hedges instead of fences.'

Coventry's Greens Chairman Keith Lindsay described the main achievements of the past two years -

'We've planted more hedges to replace link fences and in total we have put up more than 40 bird boxes.

'Our tree planting over the past two years is more than 300 and away from the playing areas on the course we have grown the rough to benefit the wildlife, by creating 'eco corridors', which enable animals and birds to move around without interference.'

The work doesn't stop as Coventry are now looking to be awarded a Golf Environment Award, a project which will take three years.