A signature zoysia grass and an inspired golf and grounds staff have come together at Trinity Forest Golf Club to convert a landfill in a disadvantaged section of Dallas into a new source of civic pride—and prosperity. Convert a landfill into a beautiful green space for recreation: check. Revive one of the most endangered ecosystems…
Natural Grass Helps Course at Cottonwood Creek GC Stand Up to Brutal Heat
Prairie vegetation planted four years ago through a cooperative venture with the United States Golf Association, the Ladybird Johnson Wildlife Center and Baylor University ecologists has thrived as a wildlife haven while also creating maintenance efficiencies for the Waco, Texas municipal course. While Course Superintendent J.D. Franz was concerned in the first years of the…
Omaha (Neb.) CC, Dakota Dunes CC Test Buffalo Grass
The hardy, drought-tolerant grass has been bred through a partnership between the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the USGA. The Nebraska club plans to test the grass this fall, rounding out a slew of changes to the course, while the North Sioux City, S.D., club has a test underway on an acre of the course that was damaged in a 2011 flood.