On occasion the USGA will issue alerts when issues golf courses are facing become severe. In my almost 20 years in the golf course industry, they have issued 2; this is the third. The first in my time was during the ice storms in 1996 and the second was for the outbreak of Anthracnose this
Blog posting this summer
This summer is most certainly up there on my list of ones I would like to forget and for turf mangers, one that will be talked about for years to come. This summer we are seeing the heat from 2005 and the rain from 2009. One would think if we married our practices from 2005
Weeds
Many things this year have been extremely frustating and at times just flat out difficult to even stomach this year! One issue particularly for me is the weeds. Normally thorought the summer we are able to periodically touch up our spring weed control to keep weeds to a minimum. In the fall, the best time