A championship welcome
After waking up at 3:30 a.m. for a 6 a.m. flight, driving on New Jersey highways for the first time and a small hiccup with my hotel room, I finally made it to Baltusrol Golf Club, Springfield, N.J., early Sunday ...Read More
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Golfdom Gallery: 2016 U.S. Open edition
1. Golfdom Ninja Warriors With all that walking on the course, Golfdom’s Seth Jones and Karl Danneberger, Ph.D., the Ohio State University, look like they just ran an obstacle course together. 2. The future looks bright The host superintendents for ...Read More
Oakmont: A challenging history
Great golf courses often rely on sound golf course architecture to present a true test of golf. Some of these courses take that test to another level by hosting a golf tournament, and a select few take on hosting a ...Read More
What we know about bacterial diseases of turfgrasses
Concerns about bacterial etiolation (Figure 1) and decline exploded in the golf course industry more than five years ago. While etiolation had been observed for years, the abnormal elongation sometimes observed in putting greens usually was an unsightly occurrence that ...Read More
Chemicals control large patch, depending on deposition
Seasonal large patch (Rhizoctonia solani) epidemics are observed on zoysiagrass fairways in Tennessee each spring and fall. Golf courses with a history of large patch often will budget for two to three fairway fungicide applications. However, disease breakthrough commonly is ...Read More