Scouting for success
Scottie Hines was meant to be on a golf course. Fate wouldn’t have it any other way. Hines got his start in golf replacing divots and raking bunkers for his father, grandpa and uncles starting at age 5. A few ...Read More
Maintenance
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The future of resistance management
Resistance management, arguably, has never been a more important issue for superintendents in every region of the United States. After all, fewer and fewer new fungicide chemistries are now being produced for the turfgrass market, and this trend is expected ...Read More
An inside look at Shinnecock Hills GC
Jon Jennings is on a streak The two-time Boston Marathon qualifier (2005, 2006) has run every day since Jan. 1, 2015. That’s a streak of 1,566 straight days and counting. He runs at least a mile a day, sometimes 6 ...Read More
Living off the land(fill): A look at Trinity Forest GC’s origins
Golf courses developed atop former landfills, once a novelty, today are fairly commonplace, though the construction and subsequent maintenance of these courses is as varied as the trash heaps on which they sit. Public exposure to this genre may never ...Read More
Insights from Great White North
The last time I visited Canada was in 1992 to see the Grateful Dead at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. I haven’t had a legit reason to go see our great neighbors to the north until I heard about ...Read More
A conversation with Brian Whitlark, USGA
Brian Whitlark knows his soils. A certified professional soil scientist, Whitlark joined the USGA Green Section staff as an agronomist for the West Region. Specializing in courses that face challenging soil and water conditions, he regularly consults for courses in ...Read More