I have never met a good turf manager who wasn’t willing to occasionally get down on their stomach and get as close a look as possible at the plant that pays the rent. Even after more than 50 years of working with golf course turf, I’m still amazed at the complexity...
Tournament week here at Tara Iti. The Kayne Cup is a 40-hole member-member tournament. It has four different formats. Two nine holes better ball, Chatmin 9 hole, nine-hole scramble, and a four-hole shoot-out. This is the first Kayne Cup since 2018 since COVID. My...
Located at the base of the grass plant, the crown is the conduit from where the energy flow occurs between the roots and the shoots. The crown is the lifeblood of the turf, producing new tillers, stems (rhizomes, stolons) and adventitious roots. Through the emergence...
Jordon Bowling found his calling into turfgrass management a little later than most, at 22 with a six-month old son to boot. His brother-in-law, Chad Kuzawa, was an NC State turf grad making the rounds of some clubs in the southeast and convinced Jordon to visit from...
In the 1980s and ’90s, there was growing concern that golf courses negatively impacted wildlife. Concerns included declining bird species, and malformities in amphibians, to name a few. Environmental groups and journalists referred to golf courses as toxic wastelands...
