I’ll be at Nutranta’s Best Practices seminar on 20 November to talk about soil nutrient and soil organic matter testing. I’m not sure the exact title I’ll use, maybe Turf nutrition and soil organic matter: continuous improvement through testing or A system to get better conditions year after year or... [Read More]

I went for a walk in Kumamoto yesterday morning to take a few photos of the grass on the Kumamoto City Tram. This page shows how the grass sections are installed. Here are a few photos. The grass was looking the best I have ever seen it. I expect that’s... [Read More]

I’ve been at Keya Golf Club for the KBC Augusta tournament this week. Yesterday afternoon I watched some shots during the first practice round, and took a few videos of ball reaction on the greens. I’m especially interested in how the ball reacts on the greens because there was 32... [Read More]

This conversation keeps happening more and more, about which products are really required to produce the desired surfaces. There’s an interesting discussion on this topic between Frank Rossi and Chris Tritabaugh in this TurfNet Frankly Speaking episode. The entire conversation is interesting but to jump right to products, go to... [Read More]

The last time the Oregon GCSA asked me to speak, the year was 1997, my topic was “An internship at Augusta National Golf Club,” and I showed a carousel full of slides using a real slide projector. You can imagine how excited I am to be invited again, 22 years... [Read More]