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The Golfdom and Quali-Pro group were joined by some industry professionals at a backyard barbecue. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

Masters 2022: No rain on this parade

April 12, 2022 By
Seth Jones reflects on his time at this year's Masters and despite some rain on the parade, it was a success being able to be back at the tournament. ...

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The best way to stop the spotted lanternfly’s spread is to scout for egg masses, which resemble mud splatters (right). Females can lay eggs on almost any surface (center). Expect higher populations around tree of heaven (left). (photos by: Emelie Swackhamer, Penn State Extension)

Experts’ Insights: Why spotted lanternfly is a golf course hazard

October 26, 2021 By
Spotted lanterfly are a threat to golf courses even if they're not turf pests. Tips on handling the insects as they migrate through the country. ...

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Spotted lanternfly. (Photo: Lawrence Barringer, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org)

Quali-Pro’s Bifen I/T approved for spotted lanternfly control

September 9, 2021 By
Quali-Pro's insecticide gets Section 2ee exemption for use in applications to control the invasive spotted lanternfly in select states. ...

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Shady Oaks GC in Fort Worth, Texas. The total course renovation by Ogilvy, Cocking and Mead includes new greens seeded to 777 bentgrass. (Photo Courtesy: Richard Hurley)

Modernizing golf turf with creeping bentgrass: decades of development

September 2, 2021 By
Richard Hurley, Ph.D., details the nearly 40-year process to develop creeping bentgrass varieties to modernize golf course turf. ...

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Burrows and castings of earthworm (a) and Southern Green June Beetle (b). Note the difference in the size of the burrows and the form of the castings (from The USGA Bulletin of the Green Section, April 22, 1921). (Photo: USGA Green Section)

Off the Record: Early golf course entomology

March 11, 2021 By
Golfdom Research Editor Mike Kenna, Ph.D., takes a moment to look back to the 1920s to the early day of turfgrass entomology. ...

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Annual bluegrass weevil adult (Photo: Ben McGraw)

The Turf Doc: Spring will come as if shot out of a cannon

February 25, 2021 By
Columnist Karl Danneberger, Ph.D., describes what challenges superintendents will face when spring inevitably comes as if shot from a cannon. ...

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