2025 National Golf Day: News and buzz

Follow updates from the GCM team on this week's advocacy activities in the nation's capital.

Verdure: Stay green, my friends

Research at Virginia Tech evaluated humic acid applications on Penn A-4 creeping bentgrass for effects on cytokinin activity.

Key issues for the 2025 National Golf Day Lobby Day

What are National Golf Day attendees speaking with legislators about? Here's a guide to the industry-wide issues up for discussion.

Legislative topics in golf: A 2025 update

Check out the state-specific issues facing the golf industry ahead of the 2025 National Golf Day

National Golf Day unites golf's voices on Capitol Hill

GCSAA partners with the American Golf Industries Coalition for the 17th annual advocacy event in Washington, D.C.

India's first Certified Turf Equipment Manager

Arun Kumar Yadav has spent 26 years at DLF Golf and Country Club Golf Links in Guragon, India. 

The dielectric grease debate

Does dielectric silicone grease help or hinder work with electrical connectors?

Cutting Edge: Tropical signalgrass control, dollar spot suppression

Featured research focuses on a weed common to Florida turfgrass and the use of iron sulfate to control dollar spot.

Kulig helps restore Cohasse Country Club

GCSAA Class A superintendent Frank Kulig is helping give the Southbridge, Mass., club a new look and return it to its original Donald Ross design

Irrigation work gets underway at Clearview Golf Club

The historic golf course is getting its needed irrigation system, but work — and fundraising — remains.

GCSAA’s 2025 Rounds 4 Research online auction open

Help keep golf sustainable by bidding on one of more than 1,600 rounds of golf now through April 27.

GCM’s Industry News Digest: April 2025

The latest golf course product and industry news, curated for golf course superintendents and other turf industry professionals.

Determining effective methods for monitoring annual bluegrass weevil

Researchers found soap flushing the most effective for monitoring adult ABWs, with vacuuming a possivle alternative for greens.

Ortmeier, Tingen receive Grassroots Ambassador Leadership Awards from GCSAA

Golf course superintendents honored for advocacy efforts, advancement of association priority issues and congressional outreach

An Augusta National icon moves on

Brad Owen made a name for himself at a golf mecca and continues to put his stamp on the industry.

Environmental champions

The winners of the 2024 Environmental Leaders in Golf Awards hail from distinct locales but share an interest in sustainability.

Groundbreaking hydronics in Oklahoma

Crew members at Karsten in Stillwater, Okla., incorporated cutting-edge technology into a wall-to-wall renovation project.

Religion and science (Part 2)

Turfgrass entymology professor Rick Brandenburg, Ph.D., continues his exploration of the relationship between science and religion.

A different kind of green speed

Matt Gourlay, winner of the President’s Award for Environmental Stewardship, pursues firmer, faster, more sustainable course conditions.

Forging connections at Links to Success

An assistant superintendent shares his experiences traveling to BTME and visiting historic UK golf courses and athletic fields.