Featured

Bubba Wright finds a “home away from home” following recent course move

June 6, 2024 By Rob DiFranco

After a move from the Pacific Coast to the Ozarks, Bubba Wright shares how things aren’t that different. ...

Read More

David Phipps, GCSAA field staff representative for the Northwest, notes that GCSAA offers $500 grants to help offset First Green expenses. “That will offset the costs for the busing or lunches or whatever you want to use the money for,” he says. (Photo: Golfdom staff)

First Green keeps growing while preserving the future of golf maintenance

June 4, 2024 By Seth Jones

Students spend the day learning about golf maintenance at the USGA's First Green event at LedgeRock GC in Mohnton, Pa. ...

Read More

USGA presents Lancaster CC Super Josh Saunders with E.J. Marshall Platter at U.S. Women’s Open

June 3, 2024 By Sydney Fischer

Saunders, a 20-year member of the GCSAA, is serving his sixth year at Lancaster CC. ...

Read More

Researchers at Purdue University evaluated the irrigation requirements of six cool-season turfgrass species and ten cultivars utilizing two distinct irrigation methods: 80 percent evapotranspiration (ETo) replacement and a green cover threshold (GCT) strategy. (Photo: Jada Powlen)

Investigating irrigation requirements for cool-season fairway species

May 30, 2024 By Jada Powlen, Ph.D. and Cale A. Bigelow, Ph.D.

Researchers at Purdue University evaluated the irrigation requirements of six cool-season turfgrass species and ten cultivars utilizing two distinct irrigation methods. ...

Read More

The 2015 U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster CC boasts the largest crowd in the event’s history with 135,000 spectators. Superintendent Josh Saunders expects to break that record in 2024. (Photo: Josh Saunders)

Super Josh Saunders’ journey to hosting the 79th U.S. Women’s Open

May 30, 2024 By Rob DiFranco

Josh Saunders, superintendent at Lancaster (Pa.) CC, walks through his journey in golf that lead him to hosting the 79th U.S. Women's Open. ...

Read More

Creeping bentgrass and Kentucky bluegrass fairway turf plots were maintained at different soil moisture thresholds (15, 30, 45, 60 or 75 percent plant available water) on Aug. 3 at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn. (Photo: University of Minnesota)

The right way to irrigate for healthy and playable fairways

May 28, 2024 By Mike Kenna, Ph.D.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota are evaluating various measurement methods and devices that can quantify the physiological and physical responses of golf course fairways under dry-down conditions. ...

Read More