On my way to a meeting in Philadelphia today. I have an article you might want to look at. It is a “new” tool the USGA is talking about. I just thought you might want to know about it!
9/14/15- I’m in the Phoenix airport waiting to go to LAX and spend the rest of my week there. Tucson CC was looking good and I got some practice in with the new drone! Here is a good article on the Emerald Ash Borer…
http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/5801998-city-golf-courses-face-the-ash-tree-epidemic/
I thought this was a great way to solve the bunker rake placement problem. It takes some effort but what a waste of a golfer complaint to hear them say “There weren’t enough rakes out there!” when what they really mean is that they were all on one side of the bunker. It was also very enjoyable as a player to be able to get to a rake when I needed it. (and I needed several on this day)
An interesting way to get irrigation water. Expensive!!!
I am off to the Brookside Labs Summer Conference on Sunday afternoon. It is in Lake Geneva, WI. I get to do a talk on the Core samples we do on the greens and it should be a good three days. It will be nice to leave the humidity of New Jersey for a while and go someplace I haven’t been before.
As the irrigation water issue continues to be in the headlines, I found an article that might be some extremes but it shows what’s going on….
http://www.hoodrivernews.com/news/2015/jul/03/dripping-soaking-or-just-plain-going-dry/
Last weekend most of us got a big rain. I collected rain water samples as I do every so often. One was in a metal pot and one was in a rubber mixing bowl. I had recently been told by someone much smarter than me, that rain water was very similar everywhere in the US. I have collected rain water in many areas for over 10 years and don’t find that to be true. he thought that my differences in pH from town to town could be of the objects I collected the sample in. So, I was just playing around to see. Not super scientific but this does show you what you got from the big “irrigation event” Saturday into Sunday.
Another great trip to Las Vegas! Very hot and in the 110 range every day. It is hard to believe these guys do what they do there sometimes. Here are a couple articles on the California courses and their need to conserve water….
http://www.lodinews.com/news/article_8e0544da-0110-11e5-b035-8bcf31ed3ffd.html
On the road again! I am in SoCal for this week seeing nice weather and good clients. Spent the day today with a sand supplier looking at some options for fairway topdressing for the area. I am in Aliso Viejo tonight and Bakersfield tomorrow night. I can’t wait to see some good grass in the next few days….
A good research project talking about the affect of nitrogen on the newer cultivars of bentgrass.
Still out on the road but I had some time to look at this good article on goose grass…………
http://www.gcsaa.org/gcm-magazine/2015/may/goosegrass-the-new-king-of-turfgrass-weeds