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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.
As 2024 comes to a close, we’re looking back at the list of outstanding research articles that appeared in Golfdom this year. Read more»
Several studies involving a range of scales, from small-plot research to entire watersheds, yielded important results that minimize the extent to which applied pesticides and nutrients run into surface waters on golf courses. Read more»
Kenna explains how golf courses can be a valuable habitat for turtles. Read more»
In the fall of 2019, they initiated the study at Florence Country Club in Florence, S.C., on a bermudagrass fairway constructed on sandy loam soil. Read more»
Advances in drone mapping and precision sprayers are improving the ability to prevent spring dead spot in a more targeted, cost-effective and sustainable manner. Read more»
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts evaluated several nontraditional products and fungicide treatments to evaluate snow mold prevention at Val Halla Golf Course in Cumberland, Maine. Read more»