Shore thing: The PGA Championship at Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course May 2021 Superintendent Jeff Stone discusses working on the ever-shifting landscape, the course’s defining features (lots of wind, relatively little turf), and this month’s main event.
PGA Championship: A short-handed crew turns out TPC Harding Park August 7, 2020 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 August 5, 2020 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 August 3, 2020 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 August 2020 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.
2022 PGA Championship: A tale of two courses May 17, 2019 Rob Wagner has been helping out this week at the PGA Championship at Bethpage Black, and in three years’ time, the event will be on his home turf — and both of that turf’s golf courses.
Gallery: The 2019 PGA Championship May 16, 2019 Videos and snapshots from the week in agronomy at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y.
G’day, Bethpage-style May 16, 2019 Australian superintendents Hayden Mead and Travis Scott are enjoying a whirlwind trip to States, visiting multiple high-profile facilities and pitching in at the PGA Championship.
A match made at Bethpage May 15, 2019 For director of agronomy Andrew Wilson and his wife, Delphine Tseng, Bethpage State Park — site of this week’s PGA Championship — is where sparks first flew.
A survivor thrives at Bethpage Black May 14, 2019 A double organ transplant has likely lengthened Pat Melito’s life, allowing the Bethpage Black mechanic to continue doing what he loves best.
Rainy days and Monday at the PGA Championship May 13, 2019 Mother Nature continues to challenge preparations for the 101st PGA Championship, but the Bethpage Black maintenance team is up to the test.
At home at Bethpage: Andrew Wilson and Michael Hadley May 2019 Bethpage’s director of agronomy and its Black Course superintendent both have deep roots at the Long Island facility.
May days: The PGA Championship at Bethpage Black May 2019 The veteran maintenance team at Bethpage State Park discusses getting the Black Course looking its best in a different season and on an accelerated schedule.
Through the Green: Becoming an ‘outside agency’ October 2018 A turfgrass researcher and Rules of Golf buff found himself part of the action during the 2018 PGA Championship.
A son’s spirit prevails at Bellerive August 9, 2018 The maintenance team at the 2018 PGA Championship is wearing a special reminder of Carlos Arraya’s late son, Isaih.
Shop talk: Managing equipment at Bellerive Country Club August 8, 2018 Equipment manager Chris Rapp has had ample help handling shop operations at the 2018 PGA Championship.
Fan appreciation at Bellerive Country Club August 7, 2018 In addition to the throngs attending the 2018 PGA Championship, the fans keeping the putting surfaces healthy at Bellerive are also getting plenty of attention.
Through the Green: The grass at the PGA Championship August 2018 Discover the tale of arduous travel, genius plant selection and a forward-thinking superintendent behind Meyer zoysiagrass.
Architect’s seal of approval at Bellerive Country Club August 2018 Designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., Bellerive’s course was later revisited by the architect’s son, Rees Jones, who’s a fan of the agronomy team’s handiwork.
Here we grow: Carlos Arraya and the PGA Championship at Bellerive August 2018 Bellerive Country Club’s Carlos Arraya, CGCS, has encountered triumph, tragedy and personal growth on his journey to the 2018 PGA Championship.