Maintenance

Rejuvenating championship conditions

August 18, 2017 By Steve Richardson

Five golf courses with diverse backstories – and different turf treatment approaches – are putting BASF products to the test as part of the second annual Championship Rejuvenation program. Each year only one course in America gets to host the ...

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Photos: construction shots (Keith Wood), all others (Travis Dove)

2017 PGA Championship preview

July 31, 2017 By Seth Jones

Quail Hollow Superintendent Keith Wood remembers one of his first experiences with celebrated architect Tom Fazio. It was during the 2015 Wells Fargo Championship, and the two were driving around the course during the Wednesday Pro-Am. They pulled up to ...

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Hole of the Month: Hole No. 18 // Maketewah Country Club

July 18, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

Hole No. 18 Maketewah Country Club Cincinnati, Ohio 170 yards, par 3 Tees: 007 bentgrass Greens: Poa Annua with bentgrass Rough: tall fescue Maketewah Country Club is a short drive from downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. Built in 1910, Tom Bendelow originally ...

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Focused on Labor

July 7, 2017 By Seth Jones and Grant Gannon

Superintendents across the country shed light on the biggest problem in golf maintenance — a lack of labor. When he’s not at work, Robert Guerra is comfortable in a cowboy hat and cowboy boots. The superintendent at Reunion Resort in ...

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Turf Rx

July 5, 2017 By Jesse Trcka

In prescription turf management, you’re the pharmacist. Many tools of our trade have their roots in agriculture. Things like drainage, seeders, fertilizer spreaders and sprayer technology have been influenced by the agricultural industry. Most of these tools started off as ...

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Photos: (Cleveland CC) Scott McArthur, (Card Sound GC) Sean Anderson, (Tonto Verde GC) Travis Blamires

2017 Fungicide Survey: Success from coast to coast

June 20, 2017 By Chris Lewis

From Atlantic to Pacific, superintendents reap the benefits of fungicide applications. Regardless of a course’s location, every superintendent at some point understands how a lack of control feels. Whether they’re combating the effects of weather or unusually short or long ...

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