Shore thing: The PGA Championship at Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course May 2021 Superintendent Jeff Stone discusses working on the ever-shifting landscape, the course’s defining features (lots of wind, relatively little turf), and this month’s main event.
The Home Course’s explosive history May 2021 Formerly the site of an explosives manufacturing plant, the Washington course features historic remnants and uncommon agronomic challenges.
Tiburón Golf Club’s tournament trifecta April 15, 2021 This week, the Naples, Fla., standout is hosting its third professional golf event in just five months’ time. Here’s how the agronomy team planned for and pulled off the feat.
2021 Valero Texas Open: Golf course facts March 30, 2021 The event returns to the PGA Tour schedule after its cancellation in 2020 because of the pandemic. Get to know TPC San Antonio’s Oaks Course.
Central Florida club replicates golf’s iconic holes March 2021 Golfers can play a bit of Augusta, the Old Course and other elite venues at Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club.
The 2021 Players Championship: Golf course facts March 9, 2021 The March date means the overseeded turf will furnish the playing surfaces on TPC Sawgrass’s Stadium Course. Get all the course maintenance details.
Fairway on ice: NHL comes to Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course February 19, 2021 The puck stops ... here? A Nevada superintendent (and hockey fan) has helped transform a snow-covered fairway into a rink for a made-for-TV NHL event.
Managing a reversible golf course February 2021 Visit some of the reversible layouts in the U.S., from rural Oregon to downtown Atlanta, and hear from superintendents who oversee courses played different ways on different days.
Hole, yeah: The 2021 Waste Management Phoenix Open February 3, 2021 While the Stadium Course — and its famously festive 16th hole — won’t be as lively, the TPC Scottsdale crew still has the grounds in crowd-pleasing form.
Iced in at En-Joie Golf Club January 14, 2021 Superintendent Anthony Chapman is carefully chipping away at acres of encased turf — some with silt from flooding beneath the ice.
Bald Eagle Golf Club’s pandemic purgatory January 13, 2021 On a detached tract of U.S. soil, a golf course sits suspended in pandemic-spurred disuse, a logger-turned-superintendent its lone caretaker.
Improved irrigation spurs course’s resurgence December 2020 With its recent irrigation system overhaul, once-struggling Anthem Country Club near Las Vegas is singing a new tune. Stakeholders discuss overcoming obstacles both geographic and financial.
Doubling down: The U.S. Women’s Open at Champions Golf Club November 2020 To pull off the December major, the maintenance team at the Houston facility has taken on double the workload to accommodate different daylight and weather conditions.
Practice facility upgrades: A tale of two clubs October 22, 2020 Practicing is popular, and an appealing practice facility can boost both business and golf participation. Two superintendents share how their clubs approached recent revamps.
Regal revival: The 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot September 2020 The test that awaits golfers at the U.S. Open is the product of six years of work by Stephen Rabideau, CGCS, and his team to return Winged Foot to its original, Golden Age rendering.
Iowa derecho: Superintendents recount storm, damages August 20, 2020 The derecho that tore through the Midwest last week unleashed its worst on its way across Iowa. Four superintendents describe their encounters with the unusual wind storm.
Damage done at Winged Foot Golf Club August 13, 2020 Just a month shy of the 2020 U.S. Open, the host venue was hit with tree loss and a prolonged power outage courtesy of Tropical Storm Isaias.
PGA Championship: A short-handed crew turns out TPC Harding Park August 7, 2020 The number of hands on deck at TPC Harding Park is significantly lower than for your typical major tournament. And yet, they’ve delivered exceptionally.
Are you dense? Yes, rough at TPC Harding Park, you are August 5, 2020 A blanket of juicy, challenging rough has the best golfers in the world on guard at this week’s PGA Championship.
Game on at the 2020 PGA Championship August 3, 2020 Aside from a missing phone, the golf course maintenance team at TPC Harding Park is in top form and ready to usher in major play in this unusual year.