Some years ago I shared some articles that I often referred to or recommended, and I called that Five articles every greenkeeper should read. As I look at this list of articles now, I’m reminded of the familiar maxim about understanding the rules before breaking them. By that I mean... [Read More]

I’ve been sitting on this idea for a long time, and I decided today would be a great day to write about it. You can decide if I’m serious. When we first study turfgrass management, we tend to learn a proactive approach. This approach involves growing grass and regularly doing... [Read More]

There is a really interesting manga comic this year in the Japanese weekly パーゴルフ (Par Golf) magazine. Newest edition is on the shelves. This manga is definitely getting a bit interesting. ハイテンション‼️ @asianturfgrass #KBCオーガスタ #パーゴルフ #itoshima #chikuzenkai pic.twitter.com/T9z1bX4Ori— Andrew McDaniel (@drumcturf) March 3, 2018 Why is it so interesting? This... [Read More]

In this post I’ve got something new and something old. Something new First, the new. I am going to start using a standard unit of mL/m2 to express the clipping volume. This is milliliters per square meter. I have previously used units of L/100 m2. This is an easy change... [Read More]

This is an interesting story about a common grass that rarely appears in a lawn as just a single species – as a monostand. But at an especially high profile location in Bangkok, the lawns are almost pure javagrass (Polytrias indica). The Grand Palace is the only place I’ve seen... [Read More]