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Winter diseases in bermudagrass putting greens

October 13, 2016 By Bruce Martin, Ph.D.

The adoption of ultradwarf bermudagrasses (Cynodon dactylon X C. transvaalensis) by the golf course industry in regions where bermudagrass can be cultured on putting greens has been a “home run.” In the hands of skilled superintendents, these grasses make outstanding ...

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Golfdom Gallery: 2016 PGA Championship edition

October 6, 2016 By Kelly Limpert

1. All quiet at the PGA Grant B. Gannon got to the course before the crowds arrived to snap this beauty of No. 4 green. 2. Here’s the Beefs Andrew “Beef” Johnston, with perhaps his long-lost brother, Baltusrol’s Jerry Elliot, ...

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Drones, data and turf maintenance

October 4, 2016 By David McPherson

The old adage “A picture is worth a thousand words” is a refrain to which golf course superintendents subscribe. Photographs help turfgrass managers explain agronomic and maintenance programs to members and sell renovation and capital improvement projects to boards of ...

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The 19th Hole: Alex J. Stuedemann

September 29, 2016 By Seth Jones

Alex J. Stuedemann Superintendent // TPC Deere Run, Moline, Ill. What can I get you? I’ll take a Fat Tire. Thanks for joining the magazine’s editorial advisory board. Any advice for us? The biggest thing is staying connected via all ...

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Memory of an Icon // Life-long impression

September 25, 2016 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

My first and only college spring break occurred in 1974. Three of us headed south to Florida in my friend’s Plymouth Duster. We took off with no idea where to go in Florida or where we were going to stay. ...

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Are autonomous mowers the solution to the labor crisis?

September 21, 2016 By Dillon Stewart

Autonomous mowers will provide the golf maintenance industry relief from its labor crisis. The question is when. It isn’t just that good help is hard to find these days. It’s also hard to afford. Case in point, Jeff Miller, superintendent ...

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