2019 Masters Photo Parade: Players ready to perform
April 12, 2019
2019 Masters Photo Parade: Augusta in top condition
April 11, 2019
A muddy start to The Masters doesn’t stop patrons or players
April 11, 2019
Advanced Turf Solutions partners with Premier golf course sand manufacturer
Advanced Turf Solutions is now an exclusive partner of The Hayden Group, an Arkansas-based company that manufactures Premier golf course sand. Customers of Advanced Turf located in Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana and eastern Kansas ...
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Microdochium patch disease development
Microdochium patch (Microdochium nivale) can severely damage annual bluegrass turf when it’s cool and wet for long periods. This disease has been controlled with fungicides, but applications of urea to reduce wear from golfer traffic ...
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Off-type grasses in ultradwarf bermudagrass greens
Golf course superintendents have reported issues with off-type grasses in ultradwarf bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon x C. transvaalensis) putting greens over the past several years. These “weedy” grasses have disrupted putting green aesthetics and surface uniformity ...
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Mowing down weevils
Many turfgrass managers in northeastern North America would rather forget the 2018 growing season. Record-breaking rainfall throughout the region affected most aspects of turfgrass management, including insect pest control. The annual bluegrass weevil (ABW), Listronotus ...
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Read More2019 Masters Coverage: Augusta is ‘heaven on earth’ for turfgrass pros
In their own words, four superintendents, some at the Masters for the first time and others who have been before, share what drew them to Augusta National Golf Club–and why other GCSAA Class A superintendents should consider making the trip to take advantage of ...
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Course of the Week: Augusta National Golf Club
Happy Masters week! To mark the occasion, it only seems right to shine a spotlight on the course taking center stage this week: Augusta National Golf Club. Here’s a look back at some of our favorite Masters memories. Let’s start off with this find from 2015. With this many mowers going at once, things move pretty quickly at Augusta National. Beautiful No. 13 at Augusta ...
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2019 Masters Photo Parade: People of Augusta
It wouldn’t be The Masters with the Golfdom team without us taking advantage of photo opps with the Friends of Golfdom — the superintendents and industry pros who help golf courses recover. Andrew Sandner, design associate, Staples Golf, Jones and Andy Staples, president, Staples Golf, take ...
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The Masters 2019: An experience unlike any other
When we got kicked off of the course at Augusta National Golf Club (ANGC) on Tuesday morning’s practice rounds for the Masters due to approaching storms, I was a little bummed (though I did have fun texting a few people and telling them I’d been ...
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A tale of two very different Masters days
My 2019 Masters experience summed up: it was the worst of times, then the best of times. How could any experience at the Masters be ‘the worst of times,’ you ask? Easy. You could get rained out. Weather could delay (or prevent) your trip in ...
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