Tag: USGA

USGA distributes $1.8M in sustainability research grants for 2021

March 10, 2021 By
The USGA will invest $1.8 million into 70-plus research grants in 2021 via the Green Section’s Turfgrass and Environmental Research Program. ...

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USGA Green Section to launch golf course management tool

February 25, 2021 By
The United States Golf Association will launch Deacon, an innovative golf course management tool created to help operators improve the golfer experience. ...

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A cross country skier skied over one of the greens at LaFortune Park GC in Tulsa, Okla. (Photo: Scott Schurman)

Winter Storm Uri ravages Texas, Oklahoma

February 22, 2021 By
Winter Storm Uri brought sustained below-freezing temperatures and snow to areas of the country not accustomed to winter weather, such as Texas. ...

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In memoriam: James T. Snow, former national director of USGA Green Section

December 1, 2020 By
James Taft Snow, 68, of Basking Ridge, N.J., died on Nov. 25 home with his family, after a ten-year struggle with frontotemporal dementia. ...

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Putting green and golf ball (Photo: Photozek07/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Off the Record: On-site cultivar testing revisited

November 24, 2020 By
Golfdom columnist Mike Kenna, Ph.D., gives a history of the USGA Green Section testing new cultivars of turfgrass. The practices dates back to the 1930s. ...

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Charles V. Piper, Ph.D., and Russell A. Oakley, Ph.D. (Photo courtesy of USGA Green Section)

USGA Green Section 100th anniversary

November 12, 2020 By
Mike Kenna, Ph.D., reflects on how much the USGA Green Section owes to Charles V. Piper, Ph.D., and Russell A. Oakley, Ph.D. ...

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