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About Mike Kenna, Ph.D.
Mike Kenna, Ph.D., is the retired director of research, USGA Green Section. Contact him at mpkenna@gmail.com.
Posts by Mike Kenna, Ph.D.
Golfdom columnist Mike Kenna, Ph.D., gives a history of the USGA Green Section testing new cultivars of turfgrass. The practices dates back to the 1930s. Read more»
Researchers Kevin Morris and Mike Kenna, Ph.D., explore on-site testing for overseeded bermudagrass fairways on golf courses. Read more»
Mike Kenna, Ph.D., reflects on how much the USGA Green Section owes to Charles V. Piper, Ph.D., and Russell A. Oakley, Ph.D. Read more»
Golfdom columnist Mike Kenna, Ph.D., gives a brief history of golfer footwear throughout the years and the impact it has had on golf courses. Read more»
Mike Kenna, Ph.D., explains how adult populations of the annual bluegrass weevil have become resistant to certain insecticides. Read more»
Mike Kenna compares University of Wisconsin turfgrass pathologist Paul Koch, Ph.D., to John Monteith Jr. of the USGA Green Section. Read more»