Golfdom's architecture expert and overall golf aficionado talks about next week's national championship in this interview with Golfdom editor in chief Larry Aylward. More>>

When I started using vegetable oil to make biodiesel three years ago, it was mainly due to my staunch environmental principles that I've applied to my career in golf course management. I feel biofuels are the best option, environmentally, for fueling my diesel equipment. The economics of using...More>>

Golf courses, like most outdoor recreation facilities, can be highly compatible with restoring and maintaining natural stream corridors. Riparian corridors, normally including most of the floodplain, are complex ecosystems that require a balance among several factors: hydrology, geomorphology and...More>>

Repeated use of the same herbicide is the main reason for weed resistance to herbicides worldwide. The widespread use of glyphosate-tolerant crops and repeated use of glyphosate herbicide is slowly resulting in glyphosate resistance and shifts in weed species.More>>

Without competition from the bentgrass stand, blue-green algae growth can expand over the entire golf green.More>>

Putting green soil profiles are frequently classified into three general categories: USGA (United States Golf Association), California and push-up greens. The USGA and California profiles are purposely constructed with each documented by written guidelines (USGA Green Section Staff, 1993; Davis et...More>>

As early as April 21 transition of Axcella, Panterra and possibly Winterlinks had begun.More>>

Fine root densities were 60 percent to 80 percent higher near the trunk base.More>>

Many superintendents have given up altogether and are just plugging out bruises, sometimes even going to the trouble of replacing the small plugs with new grass a tedious chore indeed.More>>

Before you accept any plants, examine them closely for unwanted hitchhikers, such as duckweed, watermeal, and other species that might infest and quickly overtake your pond.More>>