Amish Country finds
Summer is a great time to hop in the car and go exploring. Recently I found myself in a car headed a few hours south of Cleveland to Amish Country, located in Holmes County. It even has a spot on ...Read More
Archive for June 2014
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Walking a mile in an intern’s shoes
Editor’s note: This is the second essay on preparing Pinehurst No. 2 for back-to-back Opens written by Carlos Sanes, one of the workers on the ground. When Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw completed the renovation of Pinehurst No. 2 they ...Read More
Course of the Week: The Princess Anne CC
The Princess Anne Country Club, in Virginia Beach, Va., was established in 1916 and features a par 70, 6,042-yard course lined with pines, inlets and lakes. The course was established in 1920 with ties to Willie Park Jr., according to Matt Boyce, Princess ...Read More
Managing and controlling fairy rings
Mike Fidanza, Ph.D., is a turfgrass scientist at the Berks Campus of Penn State University, where he teaches turfgrass management. Fidanza has many years of research and practical experience managing fairy rings. Fidanza can be reached at maf100@psu.edu or on ...Read More
Petro-Canada Lubricants: Civitas One
Civitas One, from the makers of Civitas, is listed by the Organic Materials Review Institute for organic golf course maintenance practices. Civitas One is a premix of the Civitas mineral oil (synthetic Isoparaffin) and Civitas Harmonizer in a 2.5-gallon jug, which superintendents can ...Read More
Hello from the U.S. Open: This place is The Pit
I have had the good fortune to stay in some pretty nice places in just the few years I’ve been working for Golfdom: Trump Towers in Chicago; The Rittenhouse in Philadelphia; The May Fair in London, to name a few ...Read More