Maintenance

Hole of the Month: Hole No. 18 // Maketewah Country Club

July 18, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

Hole No. 18 Maketewah Country Club Cincinnati, Ohio 170 yards, par 3 Tees: 007 bentgrass Greens: Poa Annua with bentgrass Rough: tall fescue Maketewah Country Club is a short drive from downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. Built in 1910, Tom Bendelow originally ...

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Focused on Labor

July 7, 2017 By Seth Jones and Grant Gannon

Superintendents across the country shed light on the biggest problem in golf maintenance — a lack of labor. When he’s not at work, Robert Guerra is comfortable in a cowboy hat and cowboy boots. The superintendent at Reunion Resort in ...

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Turf Rx

July 5, 2017 By Jesse Trcka

In prescription turf management, you’re the pharmacist. Many tools of our trade have their roots in agriculture. Things like drainage, seeders, fertilizer spreaders and sprayer technology have been influenced by the agricultural industry. Most of these tools started off as ...

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Photos: (Cleveland CC) Scott McArthur, (Card Sound GC) Sean Anderson, (Tonto Verde GC) Travis Blamires

2017 Fungicide Survey: Success from coast to coast

June 20, 2017 By Chris Lewis

From Atlantic to Pacific, superintendents reap the benefits of fungicide applications. Regardless of a course’s location, every superintendent at some point understands how a lack of control feels. Whether they’re combating the effects of weather or unusually short or long ...

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Stimpmeters should require a license to carry

June 19, 2017 By Sean Tully

A recent tweet from the USGA asked its members if they knew the green speeds at their home clubs. This by itself is no big deal. But the USGA was using this question to sell Stimpmeters to the general golfing ...

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Hole of the Month: Hole No. 9 // Skyview Golf Course

June 19, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

Hole No. 9 Citrus Hills Golf and Country Club Skyview Golf Course // Hernando, Fla. 442 yards, par 4 Fairways & Tees: Tifway 419 bermudagrass Greens: Tifdwarf bermudagrass When Superintendent David Hoggard was hired in 1984 by Citrus Hills Golf ...

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