How do courses decide where to put the hole locations on any given day? It might seem like a straightforward question with a simple answer, but it’s something most golf course superintendents invest ...
What aspect of a golf course’s condition do you remember most? For many golfers, it’s the speed of the greens. This traditional narrative holds that nice courses have fast greens and bad courses have ...
RICHMOND TOWNSHIP, Pa. — We met Tim O’Neil as he walked into a surprise celebration at Moselem Springs Golf Club, completely unaware that dozens of friends, coworkers, and longtime members were ...
JUPITER — Like any good superintendent, Ryan Swilley knows the rub of the green. Few golf course superintendents get the opportunity to work on one of Hall of Fame architect Pete Dye’s golf courses.
For most golfers, the work of a course superintendent remains wrapped in mystery—and of little interest. If they think about golf superintendents at all, they imagine them to be like the demented ...
The cutting edge. That pretty much explains the life of a golf superintendent. When to cut, how much to cut, how to prepare the grass for the cut, how much water prompts the cut. "We're always ...
Donny Carter worked on golf course maintenance at private country clubs for more than three decades, but he’s enjoying the change of scenery as the new superintendent at Green Hill Municipal Golf ...
A Sunshine Coast wildlife agency has been left shocked after a kangaroo was left to fend for itself after being shot with an ...
When Boca Royale Golf and Country Club, in Englewood, began its renovation project last April, there was no way to know that among the challenges ahead would be three major hurricanes and an unusually ...
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