Maintenance

Rain Bird wins readers’ choice award

January 21, 2016 By Golfdom staff

Subscribers to Facility Executive magazine awarded Rain Bird a 2016 Readers’ Choice Award in the water management category. To determine this year’s winners, the publication’s editors sent out a survey asking readers to identify which companies they prefer when it ...

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QuantumFlo to debut iQFlo 2.0 pump management system

January 21, 2016 By Joelle Harms

QuantumFlo is launching its iQFlo 2.0 technology at the 2016 AHR Expo next week. Using a complex algorithm to manage pump operation and increase energy efficiency, QuantumFlo has simplified the iQFlo system’s customer experience with a new Booster Operating System ...

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Hunter Industries unveils new PRB rotors

January 20, 2016 By Golfdom staff

Hunter Industries has added the PGP-04 and I-20 pressure regulated bodies (PRB) to its pressure regulation product line. These PRB rotors will take incoming pressures of 50–100 pounds per square inch and reduce them to 45 psi. By improving the ...

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The buck stops here: How to prevent deer damage to golf courses

December 4, 2015 By Hannah Schrum

Deer, Pythium and cutworms all have something in common. These pests cause significant damage to golf courses. Deer, however, are likely to leave turf alone and concentrate their assault on ornamental plants such as those behind the backdrop on No. ...

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An alternative approach to aerification

December 4, 2015 By Jordan Craft and Christian Baldwin, Ph.D.

Turfgrass managers are challenged with determining the right combination of aerification practices throughout the growing season. Soil physical properties change over time due to routine traffic and organic matter accumulation from roots and clippings, as well as natural soil aging. ...

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Survey: Golf courses used 21.8 percent less water from 2005–13

December 2, 2015 By Joelle Harms

Golf courses used 21.8 percent less water in 2013 when compared with usage in 2005, according to a recent survey conducted by the GCSAA. The survey was funded by the USGA through the GCSAA’s Environmental Institute for Golf (EIFG). Results from nearly 2,000 golf course superintendents ...

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