Scott Witte Turns Cantigny Golf Club into Honeybee Haven
Scott Witte stands next to a honeybee hive in a wooded area at Cantigny Golf Club. Witte, the certified golf course superintendent at the course in Wheaton, Illinois, is unfazed while bees swarm around...
View ArticleStoller USA Founder Lends Helping Hand to Courses Damaged By Hurricane Matthew
After Hurricane Matthew thrashed the Southeast in October and golf courses were flooded by rain and storm surge, Jerry Stoller, founder of Stoller USA, stepped up to help golf course superintendents...
View ArticleHow the 2016 Presidential Election Will Impact the Golf Course Maintenance...
Reflecting the mindset of many Americans with the nation’s two U.S. presidential candidates, several golf course superintendents are dismayed with having the choice of Democrat Hillary Clinton or...
View ArticlePinpoint Fungicide Approved for Use on the Course
Dollar spot is one of the top turfgrass disease threats on golf courses in the Midwest and Northeast. “And it’s not going away,” said Todd Hicks, a plant pathologist at The Ohio State University....
View ArticleOn Millennials and Golf Course Maintenance
I’d like to think they sound like a bunch of grumpy, old people whose parents complained about the same thing. But I can’t – not when so many of them are complaining. I’m talking about the many golf...
View ArticleFairways & Finances: What You Need to Know
What are things that don’t mix? How about country music and opera. Or Alabama and Auburn on the gridiron. Of course, Coke and Pepsi don’t get along. In the golf course management sector, golfers’...
View ArticleUltradwarf Upkeep on a Low Budget
– it was thought that intensive maintenance practices would be required to keep ultradwarf greens running fast and smooth. But several golf courses and their superintendents are proving that...
View ArticleThe Best of Superintendent from 2016
Whoosh. That was the sound of Dustin Johnson smashing his ball off the tee on the first hole at Oakmont Country Club en route to winning the U.S. Open in June. But it was also the sound of another year...
View ArticlePaul B. Latshaw Exceeds Expectations at Muirfield Village Golf Club
Paul B. Latshaw had never flown on a private plane before. But there he sat, the only passenger on the plane, on his way to interview with the legendary Jack Nicklaus to be the golf course...
View ArticleTextron’s Kevin Blanton: A Real Pro
During a press event in Augusta, Georgia, for Textron Specialized Vehicles, a golf outing was held at the Sage Valley Golf Club in nearby Graniteville, South Carolina. One of the golfers, Kevin...
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