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Monarch (butterflies) of the links

December 1, 2017 By Renee J. Keese, Ph.D.

Monarch butterfly populations have been declining in the United States since the late 1990s. One of many factors contributing to the decline is the shrinking number of milkweed plants, which are critical to their reproduction cycle. The monarch migration starts ...

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Photos: Stoatin Brae Golf Club (4,5), Dave Richards (1,3) Nile Young (2)

A golf course waiting to happen

November 27, 2017 By Chris Lewis

Although Stoatin Brae Golf Club opened just this year, its natural characteristics are reminiscent of an old Scottish links course, and its superintendent plans to keep it that way. As Jon Scott, owner and president of Augusta, Mich.’s Gull Lake ...

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Tips for building a stronger core

November 20, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

As the author has learned, a ‘next man up’ mentality in the maintenance building is an insurance policy in which courses should invest. Nothing dooms a golf course to obscurity more than the absence of a long-term, stable core of ...

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Golfdom Gallery: 2017 Presidents Cup edition

November 10, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

1. Cruisin’ Liberty National Former Liberty National Golf Club interns Ryan Martin (left) of Indian Valley CC, Telford, Pa., and Blaine Knox, Palm Meadows GC, Carrara, Australia, were two of the dozens of former LNGC employees to come back to ...

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Photos: Andrew Farrell (1), Jason Adams (2)

Sometimes the grass is greener

November 6, 2017 By Jason Adams

Management companies, owner/operators and superintendents have not always had the best relationships. However, my experience with a troubled course and a management company as the new owner may give some of my colleagues a chance to reconsider this type of ...

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Suppressing zoysiagrass in cool-season turf

November 2, 2017 By Aaron J. Patton, Ph.D. and Daniel Weisenberger

Zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica) is a desirable turfgrass for golf courses in the Transition Zone because of its low maintenance requirement, but it can become invasive when it spreads via rhizomes and stolons into adjacent areas where it is unwanted. Further, ...

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