Joyful noise at En-Joie Golf Club July 1, 2021 From encased in ice to heaped in praise, the New York course has had an eventful six months leading up to this week’s Dick’s Sporting Goods Open. Go inside the course recovery that has the pros talking.
Prepping for the 2021 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship June 24, 2021 GCM caught up with Atlanta Athletic Club director of agronomy Lukus Harvey and EM John Patterson to chat about this week’s course conditions, equipment and more.
Team Torrey Pines and the 2021 U.S. Open June 2021 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 June 3, 2021 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.
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.
Tiburón Golf Club’s tournament trifecta April 15, 2021 This week, the Naples, Fla., standout is hosting its third professional golf event in just five months’ time. Here’s how the agronomy team planned for and pulled off the feat.
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.