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Goat on golf course (Photo: Silvies Valley Ranch/KemperLesnik)

Four-legged loopers

July 30, 2019 By Golfdom Staff

Silvies Valley Ranch is home to four golf courses. It has an 18-hole reversible course, a 9-hole course for warmup and family rounds and a 7-hole challenge course called McVeigh’s Gauntlet. Reversible courses are unique, but overall, there’s nothing strange ...

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Experts’ Insights: Fighting fairy ring

July 23, 2019 By Golfdom Staff

Fairy ring manifests as circular or arc-shaped patterns in turf that can vary from just a few feet to more than 20-25 feet in diameter. The patterns will look different, depending on which of the three types of fairy ring ...

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The scenic Nutters Crossing Golf Club in Salisbury, Md., where Pat Riebe is superintendent. (Photo: Pat Riebe)

Kabuto: Spring dead spot’s archnemesis

July 16, 2019 By Chris Lewis

As a severe disease of warm-season turfgrasses, spring dead spot (SDS) is managed throughout the Transition Zone of the United States. Caused by a fungal infection that occurs in the autumn months (particularly as warm-season turf is approaching dormancy), SDS ...

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A shot of the picturesque fairway on No. 18 at Columbia CC. (Photo: Columbia CC)

Beating Pythium on ryegrass fairways

July 12, 2019 By Curt Harler

If your short game is working and your long game is on, odds are you are going to have a successful round. The same holds for disease control. If one mode of operation is working well and a second can ...

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Golf course photo (Photo: Jeff VerCautren)

Using your 6 senses on the golf course

June 20, 2019 By Matt Wagner and Jeff VerCautren

The other day, I was following our train of operators on the way out to their morning assignments. During my travels, I was overwhelmed by the dreaded smell of fuel leaking from something. I immediately radioed my assistants and mechanics ...

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Review of 2018: Problematic diseases and fungicide efficacy testing

June 7, 2019 By Brian Aynardi, Ph.D.

Weather in the 2018 growing season varied widely by region. The Midwest and parts of the western United States were dry throughout most of the summer and into the fall. Meanwhile, the eastern U.S. saw one of the wettest years ...

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