PGA Championship: A short-handed crew turns out TPC Harding Park

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

A blanket of juicy, challenging rough has the best golfers in the world on guard at this week’s PGA Championship.

Sold out! 2020 Rounds 4 Research auction

For the first time in the event’s history, all available rounds of golf were snapped up.

Game on at the 2020 PGA Championship

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.

Verdure: You really ought to cover that up

With more transition zone courses opting for ultradwarf bermudagrass greens, researchers investigated various strategies for preventing winter injury of the warm-season grass.

The annual bluegrass seedbank vs. perennial ryegrass establishment

In sites infested with annual bluegrass, researchers tested the effectiveness of various herbicide programs in suppressing the persistent grass while maximizing establishment of perennial ryegrass.

Fine fescues on golf courses: Abiotic stresses

Fine fescues have many strong suits as golf course turf, but also shortcomings. Researchers examine different fine fescues’ responses to traffic, drought, shade, salinity and other stresses.

Coronavirus golf course costs

A GCSAA survey of more than 450 superintendents offers a snapshot of the virus’s impacts on revenue, maintenance budgets and capital improvement plans.

Photo Quiz: Uneven fairway, sizable snow pile

Both of this month’s golf course oddities occurred at northern facilities. Can you guess the causes?

Texas’ first family of turf

Golf course maintenance is in the Moore family DNA, and their imprint on the game in Waco, Texas, has comprised constructing a short course and holding superintendent posts at two prominent facilities.

Remembering a son, brother through golf

Matt Renk hoped to follow in the footsteps of his father, Dave, a superintendent. More than a decade after Matt’s passing at age 15, his spirit lives on in the industry he aspired to be part of.

Bay beauty: The PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park

Used as a spectator parking lot for the 1998 U.S. Open, TPC Harding Park has come a long way to host the first PGA Championship in San Francisco and a major unlike any before.

Bunker edges: Inverted-sod technique

Bunker edges can be an agronomic Achilles’ heel. A Canadian superintendent has hit upon an inside-out approach for improved aesthetics.

Eric Dickerson wins 2020 Most Valuable Technician Award

The Georgia equipment manager’s knowledge and dedication have elevated his home facility and the broader community of golf course maintenance professionals.

Assistant and assistant-er: My long, winding road to superintendent

With stints as an assistant, in academia, sales and outside of golf, a soon-to-be head superintendent reflects on his career journey and the power of embracing an unconventional path to reach your ultimate goal.

GCSAA names 2020 Legacy Award winners

The association has awarded scholarships to 20 college students who are children or grandchildren of GCSAA members.

Ballpark turned golf course

While coronavirus has left many stadiums sitting silent, a minor league venue in Mississippi has been reimagined as a golf destination. A former superintendent is at the transformation’s helm.

Coronavirus and golf: Ongoing industry updates

Find coronavirus-related announcements from the golf industry and that impact the golf industry.

2020 Rounds 4 Research auction rescheduled for July 20-26

Preview the rounds up for grabs in the annual auction that supports turfgrass research vital to the game.

Seashore paspalum drought tolerance

Fifteen genotypes of seashore paspalum showed a range of responses to drought stress in a recent study.