Maintenance

Pressure washing away algae

July 2, 2018 By
It’s a safe bet that many superintendents would not feel comfortable using a high-pressure hose to clean away build-up on their greens. But when an uncharacteristic winter blasted the Southeast, the team at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club turned to ...

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Photos: Scottie Hines

Scouting for success

June 25, 2018 By
Scottie Hines was meant to be on a golf course. Fate wouldn’t have it any other way. Hines got his start in golf replacing divots and raking bunkers for his father, grandpa and uncles starting at age 5. A few ...

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Photo: Paul Koch

The future of resistance management

June 22, 2018 By
Resistance management, arguably, has never been a more important issue for superintendents in every region of the United States. After all, fewer and fewer new fungicide chemistries are now being produced for the turfgrass market, and this trend is expected ...

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Shinnecock Hills GC Photos: USGA/John Mummert (1, 2, 4); Seth Jones (3)

An inside look at Shinnecock Hills GC

June 11, 2018 By
Jon Jennings is on a streak The two-time Boston Marathon qualifier (2005, 2006) has run every day since Jan. 1, 2015. That’s a streak of 1,566 straight days and counting. He runs at least a mile a day, sometimes 6 ...

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Photos: Kasey Kauff (1, 2, 4); Seth Jones (3); Andy Johnson (5)

Living off the land(fill): A look at Trinity Forest GC’s origins

June 1, 2018 By
Golf courses developed atop former landfills, once a novelty, today are fairly commonplace, though the construction and subsequent maintenance of these courses is as varied as the trash heaps on which they sit. Public exposure to this genre may never ...

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Photos: Jason Haines (1); Micah Woods (2, 3)

Insights from Great White North

May 29, 2018 By
The last time I visited Canada was in 1992 to see the Grateful Dead at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. I haven’t had a legit reason to go see our great neighbors to the north until I heard about ...

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