Hole, yeah: The 2021 Waste Management Phoenix Open February 3, 2021 While the Stadium Course — and its famously festive 16th hole — won’t be as lively, the TPC Scottsdale crew still has the grounds in crowd-pleasing form.
Doubling down: The U.S. Women’s Open at Champions Golf Club November 2020 To pull off the December major, the maintenance team at the Houston facility has taken on double the workload to accommodate different daylight and weather conditions.
Regal revival: The 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot September 2020 The test that awaits golfers at the U.S. Open is the product of six years of work by Stephen Rabideau, CGCS, and his team to return Winged Foot to its original, Golden Age rendering.
Damage done at Winged Foot Golf Club August 13, 2020 Just a month shy of the 2020 U.S. Open, the host venue was hit with tree loss and a prolonged power outage courtesy of Tropical Storm Isaias.
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.
Double visions: Venues prep for back-to-back tournaments June 25, 2020 In July, two golf facilities 1,300 miles apart will each take on the tall task of hosting two professional tournaments in two weeks. GCM chats with the superintendents about pulling off the doubleheaders.
Pro golf and greenkeeping in the time of coronavirus June 2020 With the PGA Tour’s Charles Schwab Challenge, Colonial Country Club in Texas and those who maintain it are at the forefront of a trial run of the return of pro golf. Plus, GCM checks in with supers whose courses’ events have been canceled.
Behind the scenes at the 2019 Tour Championship August 22, 2019 GCM and GCSAA TV take you inside the agronomic action ahead of the PGA Tour’s season finale.
Gallery: The 2019 U.S. Open June 13, 2019 Snapshots from the week in agronomy at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, Calif.
Gallery: A major on the horizon at Pebble Beach June 10, 2019 GCM visited Pebble Beach in May with photographer Sherman Chu to capture some of the sights around an iconic property abuzz with anticipation.
Bowled over: Turf Bowl champs shine in volunteer opportunity June 3, 2019 Penn State’s Turf Bowl winners ‘had a blast’ pitching in at the AT&T Byron Nelson.
Window of opportunities: The 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach June 2019 Go inside prep for the 119th U.S. Open and meet the team behind the nation’s No. 1 public course.
Gallery: The 2019 PGA Championship May 16, 2019 Videos and snapshots from the week in agronomy at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y.
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.
Turf Bowl champs relished Tour toil May 13, 2019 The trio from Penn State proved their mowing mettle when they joined the volunteer corps for the AT&T Byron Nelson at Trinity Forest.
Blue Hills Country Club: It takes a city May 10, 2019 When a Kansas City-area superintendent had to weather the storm — make that storms — those who do what he does arrived from throughout the region to lend helping hands.
Up to Speed: Should volunteers at golf’s majors get a paycheck? May 2019 Isn’t it time that educated, experienced golf course management professionals are compensated for their meticulous work setting up events for the world stage?