Asking golfers to make divots in a linear pattern while using the driving range at Farmington Country Club has reduced the amount of time needed, and the amount of material required, for repairing the turf in the club’s practice areas. No matter how much they love the game, most golfers can’t play like professionals. But…
South Florida Golf Courses Recharge Aquifer
Though many golf courses get a bad rap for hogging finite water supplies, turfgrass on golf courses in South Florida helps send clean water to the Biscayne Aquifer by filtering out pesticides, chemicals and other pollutants. During heavy rains, courses can give back up to 15 times the total drinking water used in the course of two months.
A Wrenching Summer
As an industry of golf professionals, we always find ways to do more with less and when we put our minds to it, we can accomplish many things.
Launching a Turfgrass Research Foundation
Pat Gradoville joins efforts to launch a new turfgrass research foundation in California.
New Turfgrass and Landscape Foundation Formed in California
The new foundation is a charitable 501(c)3 corporation that will raise funds, and support vital research that represents the interests of stakeholders throughout the state in the areas of turfgrass, landscape and related water use.
Turfgrass Management at The Inverness
Effective turfgrass management practices earn recognition for Joel Christensen.
Golf Course Mowing Strategies
A quality cut on golf course turfgrass is a top priority for any superintendent.
Practical Solutions to Beat the Heat
The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America recommends a number of maintenance practices to help superintendents manage their turfgrass in extreme heat and humidity. They include: • Raising the height of playing areas, particularly putting greens; • Alternating daily practices of mowing and rolling putting greens, and even skipping a day if the schedule allows…
Courses Feel—and Deal with—the Heat
September couldn’t arrive fast enough for many superintendents this year. After a brutal summer of relentlessly high, record-breaking temperatures, it was the heat-and the humidity-that wreaked havoc on turfgrass at golf courses nationwide, particularly in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Mideast and Midwest “The simple fact is that cool-season turfgrasses are stressed in these kinds…
Rivers Edge GC Converts to Paspalum
Rivers Edge Golf Club in Shallotte, N.C., managed by Signature Golf Group, the Myrtle Beach, SC, based management company, announced that it will be closing for two months starting in June to convert its putting surfaces to Seashore Paspalum turfgrass. Dave Downing, CGCS, President of Signature Golf Group will oversee the transition of the putting…
Turf Decisions
Growing, and keeping, great grass is not so clear-cut anymore, thanks to an ever-spreading variety of issues.