I really enjoyed listening to John Kaminski on season 2 episode 3 of the Talking Greenkeeper. It was fascinating to hear how the new edition of Turfgrass Management by Turgeon and Kaminski came together. When they were discussing the book, host Joe Gulotti asked about MLSN, and John answered that... [Read More]

There was an article on the Golf Course Industry website about a course that hasn’t core aerified putting greens since the course opened 12 years ago. It’s a short article—466 words. That’s shorter than a lot of posts on this blog. There’s not much information in the article, but I... [Read More]

I’ve been a guest on a lot of shows, and have produced a lot of material myself. Over the years the videos and podcast episodes and presentation slide decks and books accumulate. With the new Media Library page on the ATC website, I’ve put a lot of that material (and... [Read More]

Last week I had a couple conversations about green speed. Green speed and surface hardness My column in the June 2018 issue of Golf Course Seminar magazine discusses the relationship between effective mowing height and green speed. Eric Reasor collected a fascinating set of data on green speed and effective... [Read More]

On a recent trip to Japan, I’d wanted to get a new video of a core sweeper in operation. Unfortunately for me, but fortunately for the greenkeeper, who had a laugh about this, the sweepers clean the greens so fast that by the time I arrived there were no more... [Read More]