After declaring full recovery from this year’s earlier winterkill scare and touting an outlook for a strong fall season, the dozens of properties in the golf-dependent region are now scrambling to try to minimize the damage inflicted by Hurricane Florence and its forecasted 13-foot ocean surge and flooding rains. Myrtle Beach’s courses account for half…
North Carolina Golf Courses Get Hit by Winterkill
McConnell Golf alone plans to spend close to $250,000 to repair damage at its 11 facilities. Bryan Park Golf Course, a public facility in Greensboro, N.C., was among the worst hit, and lost about 30 acres of turf across its two 18-hole layouts.
Well-Rounded Program
Rounds 4 Research, an initiative to raise funds for turfgrass study, has gone national, thanks to the efforts of the Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Association and its President, Doug Lowe, Director of Golf and Grounds Maintenance at Greensboro (N.C.) Country Club. By Betsy Gilliland, Contributing Editor Super in the Spotlight: Doug Lowe Position: Director of…
Bids to Play at Carolinas’ Top Courses Will Support Turfgrass Research
Tee times at some of the Carolinas’ finest golf courses will be up for grabs through Rounds4Research, an online auction to benefit turfgrass research at Clemson University and North Carolina State University. “These universities perform research that protects the health and the future of golf in our region, which delivers an annual economic benefit of…