Kurofune keeper

Posted on November 18, 2018

You may recall that I went shopping for golf magazines at 4 a.m. on August 23. What was that about? There was a feature article in that week’s new issue of Weekly Golf Digest about Andrew McDaniel. I could get the gist of the article by looking at the photos.... [Read More]

The new MLSN movie trailer

Posted on November 17, 2018

This email arrived in September. Hello Dr. Woods, Just a quick introduction: I’m Niels Dokkuma, working for the golf federation in The Netherlands in the field of sustainability. … I was wondering if you would be available for a long-distance internet or pre-recorded presentation on MLSN fertilisation guidelines for Wednesday... [Read More]

Kurofune keeper

Posted on November 17, 2018

You may recall that I went shopping for golf magazines at 4 a.m. on August 23. What was that about? There was a feature article in that week’s new issue of Weekly Golf Digest about Andrew McDaniel. I could get the gist of the article by looking at the photos.... [Read More]

Guest on the Talking Greenkeeper show

Posted on November 6, 2018

Joe Gulotti had me as a guest on his The Talking Greenkeeper show this week. We talked about elephant footprints, the MLSN soil nutrient guidelines, measuring clipping volume, my book A Short Grammar of Greenkeeping, the temperature-based turfgrass growth potential, this year’s challenging weather, whether one needs to core and... [Read More]

Monthly Turfgrass Roundup: October 2018

Transition zone terminology, P & Poa, stunning trees, data driven firmness, DLI maps, growth, drought and C4 grasses, grassroots football, golf course rice harvest, K & anthracnose, and the controversial TurfTruth account

Posted on November 4, 2018

Is it the transition zone, or the turfgrass twilight zone? A travelogue about a botanizing trip in Japan. Graeme Roberts with stunning tree photos: Trees aren’t all bad on a golf course from a photography point of view. Still plenty that could be trimmed at ground level though. 🌲 pic.twitter.com/UKmtxgApHN—... [Read More]