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Ask A Super: Should I leave bunker rakes inside or outside the sand?
Nearly every golfer understands it’s their responsibility to rake a bunker after they hit from it, but what should they do after that? Should they leave the rake inside or outside the bunker?
Ask A Super: Why are practice greens slower than greens on the course?
“These greens are so much faster than the putting green,” is one of the golf’s most common excuses – so common, in fact, that we decided to ask a superintendent if it holds any merit.
Ask A Super: Why’s the grass all brown on our course?
As golfers, we often let the colors we see on a course dictate whether we think it’s in good shape or not. Green, good. Brown, bad. It’s not that simple, though. Aside from a compelling argument that browner, firmer turf is ideal for playability, courses in certain climates may turn almost completely brown for several Read more…
Ask A Super: Why are you coring our greens when they’re in perfect shape?
The ensuing days and weeks are the most frustrating of the year. Surely there must be a reason why our golf course superintendents wait until the greens are in good shape to aerate, right?
Ask A Super: We all want fast greens, why can’t you just cut them shorter?
To understand why green speeds fluctuate and why course superintendents can’t simply mow the greens as short as possible to achieve lightning-fast speeds, we caught up with Jason Meersman, the director of grounds at The Patterson Club in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Iowa basketball superstar Caitlin Clark says golf (!) has helped her on the court
Finkbine golf course sits on the western edge of the University of Iowa campus, a few hundred yards from Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Tee up a golf ball—and get a few pavement-aided bounces through the parking lot—and one might be able to reach the school’s basketball arena with a big drive. But on days when Caitlin Clark Read more…
Should you repair pitch marks on cored greens? We asked a superintendent
Now is a common time of year for courses to core their greens, so it’s a valid question.
Lee Westwood says he’s signed an NDA when asked about Super Golf League
Lee Westwood told reporters he could not answer a question related to the proposed Super Golf League due to signing a non-disclosure agreement.
Aussie duo asked about Super Golf League speculation. Here’s what they said
Here’s what few if any of the players competing in this week’s Saudi International want to discuss: the so-called Super Golf League that appears to be creeping ever closer to some sort of inauguration.
There is nothing stranger than a golfer’s brain. Just ask us
Golfpocalypse is a weekly collection of words about (mostly) professional golf with very little in the way of a point, and the Surgeon General says it will make you a worse person. Reach out to The Golfpocalypse with your questions or comments on absolutely anything at [email protected]. If I’m not careful, superstitions will own me Read more…
This common golf-cart mistake is a ‘superintendent’s worst nightmare’
Replace your divots, fix your pitch marks, rake the sand. Golfers know the basics of course maintenance etiquette yet are still making a common error that one superintendent calls his “worst nightmare”.
Ask An Architect: Do Fast Greens Ruin Good Architecture?
Green speeds is an ongoing discussion topic at golf clubs around the world and throughout golf-course architecture Architect Brian Schneider, a long-time associate of Tom Doak and partner at Renaissance Golf Design, has renovated clubs like Hollywood Golf Club in New Jersey (No.170 on America’s Greatest Courses), Tamarack Country Club in Connecticut, Llanerch Country Club Read more…
Superannuation: What’s The Right Figure?
Steps you can take to plan for a comfortable retirement with your superannuation. One of life’s most important questions is: “How much money do I need to have so that I can play more golf?” The current life expectancy for men is 81.3 years and is expected to grow to 87 by 2062. For women, Read more…
Man plays golf in hurricane because he couldn’t resist ‘SUPER HOT DEAL’
Hurricane Milton in Florida didn’t stop one golfer from booking a tee-time on Tuesday and asking his friends if they wanted to join him.
NBA superstar Karl-Anthony Towns’ next big move might be in golf
At the 2021 Masters, Bryson DeChambeau talked about the potential for a seven-foot golfer with a 145-mph swing speed and lamented, “That’s when I’m going to become obsolete.” The eventual two-time U.S. Open champ and future World Long Drive runner-up was envisioning a new breed of golfer coming, but his prediction already described Karl-Anthony Towns, Read more…
You might be throwing broken tees in the wrong spot. A course superintendent explains why
From a course maintenance and environmental perspective, does it matter where you put your broken tee?
Presidents Cup 2024: 5 extremely superficial reasons why the Americans and the Internationals will win at Royal Montreal
Five extremely superficial reasons why the Americans will win the Presidents Cup, and five for the Internationals too MONTREAL — Together, Golf Digest’s Joel Beall and I have spent the last two days at Royal Montreal with our ears to the ground, keen to pick up any vibes that point us one way or another Read more…
You’ll never believe what some players are reportedly asking for as part of a potential PGA Tour–PIF deal
“Some PGA Tour players” reportedly want LIV players to pay back the huge sums given to them by LIV Golf before being granted a return to their former employer.
A day for thanking golf course superintendents should also be about understanding what they do
International “Thank A Golf Course Superintendent Day” should spark a relationship that is maintained during the other 364 days of the year.
Olympics: Swim superstar Katie Ledecky feels at home amid all the water at Le Golf National
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — The most decorated current female Olympian from Team USA, Katie Ledecky attended the third round of the Olympic women’s golf competition, checking in with friends and giving a boost to U.S. golfers Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu and Rose Zhang, who are lurking in medal contention of their own. Ledecky, the long-distance swimming Read more…
