Research

Bermudagrass: light integrals for green establishment

December 11, 2013 By
By Benton Hodges, Ph.D. In the transition zone, many superintendents are considering a putting green cultivar conversion. Whether the conversion is from creeping bentgrass to bermudagrass, upgrading from an older bermudagrass cultivar, or early adopters of the ultradwarf bermudagrasses, they ...

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Lucky ’13: Golfdom’s year in review

December 11, 2013 By and
Time again for our annual year in review. A look at who bet on black and won big in 2013, and who busted. Like Dad always said, “I’d rather be lucky than good.” ¶ The number 13 may be considered ...

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Putting greens and politics

December 11, 2013 By
Thanks to some of the recent legislation and regulation filtering down from Washington to city councils, Big Brother is endorsing and/or passing laws that will affect what products can be used on golf courses, and when and where others can ...

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Here come the stinkbugs

November 21, 2013 By
The stinkbugs are coming! In many cases, they are here. The outbreak, trumpeted by even a casual reading of the general press, is predicted to be unbelievably large. This time, it appears that reports about the population explosion are valid. ...

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Superintendents score hat trick in major tournaments

November 21, 2013 By
For the first time ever, the superintendents in charge of the courses where all three majors were played learned their trade from the same university turf program. Are they all graduates of: 1-    North Carolina State 2-    Penn State 3-    ...

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Are we almost out of phosphate?

November 21, 2013 By
Almost all of the phosphate rock mined on this planet goes toward making fertilizer. Every cell in both plants and animals requires phosphorus to sustain itself. There is no substitute for phosphorus in nature. Lately, there have been several alarming reports in ...

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