Tag: Connecticut

Shady Oaks GC in Fort Worth, Texas. The total course renovation by Ogilvy, Cocking and Mead includes new greens seeded to 777 bentgrass. (Photo Courtesy: Richard Hurley)

Modernizing golf turf with creeping bentgrass: decades of development

September 2, 2021 By
Richard Hurley, Ph.D., details the nearly 40-year process to develop creeping bentgrass varieties to modernize golf course turf. ...

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Burrows and castings of earthworm (a) and Southern Green June Beetle (b). Note the difference in the size of the burrows and the form of the castings (from The USGA Bulletin of the Green Section, April 22, 1921). (Photo: USGA Green Section)

Off the Record: Early golf course entomology

March 11, 2021 By
Golfdom Research Editor Mike Kenna, Ph.D., takes a moment to look back to the 1920s to the early day of turfgrass entomology. ...

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Annual bluegrass weevil adult (Photo: Ben McGraw)

The Turf Doc: Spring will come as if shot out of a cannon

February 25, 2021 By
Columnist Karl Danneberger, Ph.D., describes what challenges superintendents will face when spring inevitably comes as if shot from a cannon. ...

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Ewing expands Rain Bird Golf distributor territory into Mid-Atlantic states

January 4, 2021 By
Ewing Irrigation & Landscape Supply is the exclusive Rain Bird Golf distributor for the Mid-Atlantic states of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. ...

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With COVID-19 restrictions in place, some courses such as Hillcrest CC (above) added more single-rider carts, which, in turn, could lead to more cart damage along the course. (Photo: Hillcrest CC)

2020 State of the Industry: A year when weekdays were weekends, weekends were holidays

December 8, 2020 By , , and
Record-breaking rounds played, crews shut down with positive coronavirus cases and wild weather abounds made for a crazy year. ...

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A look at 2020 Carolinas GCSA format

August 24, 2020 By
The Carolinas GCSA has transformed its traditional in-person Conference and Trade Show into an online education event. It gives insight into the format. ...

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