Peak performer: Kevin Breen, CGCS

From the Rockies to the Bay Area, Kevin Breen, CGCS, has had an adventurous career in golf course management that peaks this year as GCSAA’s 86th president.

Short course, big presence: The Hay at Pebble Beach

Hay there: Hear from the architect, builder and superintendent involved in Tiger Woods’ recent transformation of the nine-hole track that welcomes golfers of all abilities.

Superintendent competes on ABC game show

Taking on the humorously challenging mini-golf course (and vying for the $250,000 prize) on ABC’s “Holey Moley” is just the latest golf-tied accomplishment for superintendent Jose Alvarez.

GCSAA announces winners of 2021 Environmental Leaders in Golf Awards

Meet four superintendents whose facilities are at the forefront of environmentally responsible, community-enriching golf course management.

Save the date: 2021 GCSAA Golf Championships rescheduled

This year’s competitions will be held in the fall at three top venues in Palm Springs, Calif.

Straight into Compton: SoCal supers revive neglected course

With its proximity to two schools, the Compton Par 3 Golf Course in Los Angeles was perfectly poised to be grounds for growing the game — it just needed some TLC.

Maintaining kikuyugrass at Torrey Pines

The aggressive grass may make for a rough-and-tumble U.S. Open for the world’s top players. The Torrey Pines agronomy team and others familiar with kikuyugrass discuss taming the “beast.”

Team Torrey Pines and the 2021 U.S. Open

GCSAA members have been instrumental in Torrey Pines’ journey from humble SoCal muni to two-time major championship host.

Women in turf shine at 2021 U.S. Women’s Open

Twenty-nine women have lent their skills on The Olympic Club’s grounds crew this week. Get a look at course prep and the unique initiative to assemble a women-in-turf volunteer corps.

Golf course BMPs success story: Woodbridge Golf and Country Club

Superintendent Kurtis Wolford credits environmental best management practices with facilitating a swift solution to a potentially devastating disruption to the club’s water supply.

American dream: Superintendent Muhammad Ali

Pakistan native Muhammad Ali’s steady climb from crew member to superintendent is a testament to hard work, a hunger for knowledge and a passion for maintaining golf courses.

GCSAA announces winners of 2020 Environmental Leaders in Golf Awards

Familiar faces make up the latest class of honorees, each at the helm of a facility well-rounded in its environmental efforts.

California Alliance for Golf honored by GCSAA for advocacy efforts

The coalition brings together different sectors of California’s golf industry to protect and promote the game as a unified entity.

PGA Championship: A short-handed crew turns out TPC Harding Park

The number of hands on deck at TPC Harding Park is significantly lower than for your typical major tournament. And yet, they’ve delivered exceptionally.

Are you dense? Yes, rough at TPC Harding Park, you are

A blanket of juicy, challenging rough has the best golfers in the world on guard at this week’s PGA Championship.

Game on at the 2020 PGA Championship

Aside from a missing phone, the golf course maintenance team at TPC Harding Park is in top form and ready to usher in major play in this unusual year.

Bay beauty: The PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park

Used as a spectator parking lot for the 1998 U.S. Open, TPC Harding Park has come a long way to host the first PGA Championship in San Francisco and a major unlike any before.

Cups of noodles: Superintendent ahead of unexpected trend

Before coronavirus made no-touch accessories a must-have, a creative California superintendent had already hit upon a practical on-course use for the humble pool noodle.

Superintendent painter creates course works of art

Josh Smith has a gift for rendering beautiful golfscapes, both as a superintendent and in his oil paintings that depict well-known holes and holes that exist only in a designer’s mind’s eye.

Maintaining a golf course during ‘shelter in place’

After a county-issued order, a Bay Area superintendent and his assistant have a course to themselves and are busy readying it for the best and worst cases.