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Manipulating microbial ecology

January 25, 2018 By Murphey Coy, David Held, Ph.D. and Golfdom Staff

Water and fertilizer use for turfgrass and horticultural commodities is a local, state and national concern for these industries. Water availability for irrigation has decreased in recent years because of greater demands from agriculture, industry, domestic uses and climate variability. ...

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The 19th Hole: Dean Graves

January 18, 2018 By Seth Jones

Dean Graves CGCS // Chevy Chase (Md.) Club Dean, what can I get you? What’s the hoppy local IPA? How did your fly-fishing trip go? In a word: Awesome. We were way out in the boonies in Idaho and Wyoming, ...

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Putting the pH in pH-ungicide mixology

January 8, 2018 By Trevor Stacy, Rick Latin, Ph.D. and Golfdom Staff

Fungicides are mixed with water and applied as a dilute spray to control diseases on golf course turf. Although published reports show that water quality can influence the performance of certain herbicides, evidence of similar effects on fungicide efficacy is ...

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Golfdom Gallery: December 2017

December 28, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

1. Turf’s most interesting man At the 2017 Green Start Academy, Golfdom’s Seth Jones (left) and Pat Finlen, CGCS, (right) general manager, Olympic Club in San Francisco, were happy to see Bob Farren, CGCS (center) Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort, fully commit ...

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SOI 2017: Fairway rolling gains traction

December 18, 2017 By Grant Gannon

Rolling fairways is still an alternative practice, but is gaining momentum in the industry. When the membership at the Wykagyl Country Club, New Rochelle, N.Y., demanded firmer playing surfaces, Superintendent Dan Rogers decided to roll out a new idea. “The ...

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State of the Industry: Predicting golf’s future in 2018 and beyond

December 15, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

Industry pundits predict — and indicators point to — a gradual increase in golf’s bottom line for 2018 and beyond. In September and November of this year, we surveyed Golfdom readers, asking for their opinions on the state of the ...

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