Current Features

  • Phosphite- What's All The Fuzz About?

    Pesticide reduction while maintaining healthy, playable and aesthetically pleasing turf is the name of the game (at least one of them) for most Superintendents. But how can we do this without using dreaded pesticides?  Pitchcare has posted a great piece on phosphites for disease control. [read more]

  • A 4-Step Program To Conquer Silvery Thread Moss

    It seems as though most Golf Course Superintendents these days are fighting or are at least dealing with moss on their greens and/or other playing surfaces. FMC Turf Wire has posted a program to help rid golf course surfaces of this annoying pest. [read more]

  • The Process Of Shaping A Green

    Many people wonder how golf course greens are shaped. The NCGA has posted a short video of how this is done. [read more]

  • Pete Dye On 60 Minutes

    No introduction needed here. Pete Dye on 60 Minutes. [read more]

  • Brown By Design

    We have all heard it, "there is a water shortage in the near future" or something like that.  The problem for Superintendents is how do we keep golfers happy while conserving water. As Golf Course Architect Drew Rogers explains, this is the new reality that has already been embraced by some. [read more]

  • What Is Sustainability In Golf

    We have all heard and we have all wondered about what it is and how to go about it. Pitchcare.com has posted an interesting article entitled "What Is Sustainability In Golf?". [read more]

  • How Much Nitrogen?

    Whether you are using soil tests to determine your fertility program or not, there is a certain amount of guesswork required to grow great turf. Jason Haines, Superintendent at the Pender Harbour Golf Club has produced a great blog to help estimate the proper amount of nitrogen required for great turf. [read more]

  • Green Practices Make Perfect Sense At Merion

    With the 2013 US Open coming up in June at Merion Golf Club, Director of Golf Operations Matt Shaffer and his charges have worked very hard to provide world class conditions while maintaining a balance between golf and the environment. [read more]

  • Another Spin On The Augusta Syndrome

    As Superintendents we often discuss or complain about the "Augusta Syndrome" and how it has a negative effect on what we do. Dr. Trey Rogers offers another slant on the annual start to the golf season. [read more]

  • Modification Of A USGA Green

    It seems as though every golf course has one or two (or eighteen) greens that are in desperate need of modification. As Golf Course Architiect Michael J Benkusky explains in his blog, this may be a simple task to a soil green, but a USGA green is a different story. [read more]
 
 
 

Current Features

  • Green Light Given For Olympic Golf Course

    After a lot of waiting and probably some anxiety the green light has finally been given to start construction of the Olympic golf course to be used in Rio in 2016. [read more]

  • Good To Be Seen

    A few years ago I was having a fantastic summer, the course looked great, played great and I was everyones hero. Then one day I got hit by turf disease and the course didn't look so good. Suddenly showing my face wasn't as easy as it had been, but certainly more important than ever.  [read more]

  • Minimum Levels For Sustainable Nutrition Soil Guidelines

    As Superintendents we are always wondering what the perfect amount of nutrients required to produce healthy turf, sustainable soil as well as keep budgets under control. Pace Turf has produced an excellent chart to help out with this information. [read more]

  • Managing Defeats

    Losing is never easy, fun or something we intend to do. However, losing is a part of life and dealing with it is a skill that has been learned by every success story out there.  This is an article I found that does not pertain to golf in particular but it certainly pertains to leading a group  of individuals through the trials and tribulations of working together as a team towards a common goal. [read more]

  • Airing Things Out

    I know, I know, you've heard all about aerations.  Well, here is another piece on the subject that just might be useful in explaining to membership the reason why you would want to harm a perfectly good putting surface.  This time from the good people at Superintendent Magazine. [read more]

Current Features

  • Imagine

    Ward Stouffer is the longtime Director of Golf at Fairwinds Golf Club, where a new irrigation system has recently been installed.  The process by nature is a difficult one on an existing course as nine holes at a time needed to be closed for the past 2 winters to allow the maintenance team the chance to do the job.  In his first piece for From The Greenside, Ward discusses the relationship between the Director of Golf and the Superintendent. [read more]

  • Build It Forward

    Simply put the name of the game has changed.  It was not long ago that the idea for a golf course was to protect par at all costs.  From making courses longer, hazards tougher to greens faster the purpose was to create a stiff test for the low handicapper while sacrificing the enjoyment of the game for the casual or new golfer.   Somewhere along the line, we lost sight of what golf is supposed to be.  [read more]

  • Selected Ferlizilers Used In Turfgrass Fertilization

    All Golf Course Superintendents need to have an excellent working knowledge of fertilizers and how they work.  The University Of Florida Extension Program has posted a great piece on their website about the different fertilizers required to maintain and grow healthy turf. [read more]

  • Understanding Bionutrition

    Since the beginning of golf, or somewhere thereabouts, keepers of the green have been applying all sorts of products to the turf to keep it healthy.  More recently, Superintendents have been practicing their art with bionutrients. [read more]

  • Audubon International Moves Headquarters

    Exciting news for the folks at Audubon International who have moved their headquarters from Selkirk, New York to Troy, New York. [read more]