Maintenance

How low can a green’s moisture go?

May 20, 2013 By Curt Harler

Do you think 8% moisture would kill your greens? Could they thrive at 12%? How about 16%? While most irrigation systems today have sensors that will turn on the water at a certain point, few superintendents have the faith or ...

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An American Dream: Merion Golf Club

May 1, 2013 By Seth Jones

Though Merion Golf Club is far from an everyday American golf course, some of their practices could be adopted from sea to shining sea. We hold this truth to be self-evident, that all golf courses are not equal.And therefore, ...

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Masters maintenance photo parade pt. 2

April 12, 2013 By Seth Jones

Masters maintenance photo parade pt. 1

April 12, 2013 By Seth Jones

Survey says: Golf course conditions

April 1, 2013 By Mark Woodward

We’ve all heard the survey results — golf course conditioning is the No. 1 reason golfers favor one course over another. The role of the superintendent therefore is even more important today than it was in the past, when greenkeepers ...

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Seth’s 2013 GIS Notebook

April 1, 2013 By Seth Jones

We can’t read his chicken scratches. We’re glad he can. I was cruising through an old issue of Golfdom from the 1940s the other day. I skimmed a story written by Golfdom founder Herb Graffis. It went on for pages, ...

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