Golf Course Maintenance

If you’re a golfer, you’ve probably wondered how the greens are kept so short. Golf courses use a variety of methods to cut the grass on their greens, but one of the most popular is using a mower called a “greens mower.” This type of mower is designed specifically for cutting golf greens, and it […]

Golf courses have to be careful about the kind of plants they allow to grow on their property. Weeds can quickly take over and ruin the appearance of the course. In order to prevent this from happening, golf courses use a variety of methods to get rid of weeds. Some common methods include using herbicides,

It’s no secret that managing and maintaining a golf course is an expensive endeavor. There’s just so much to take care of, from course maintenance to fixed charges like property tax, insurance, interest, and the like. This makes one wonder: do golf courses make money? There’s no straightforward answer to this question. Running a golf

Are you fond of golf? Do you like taking care of grass while enjoying the fun and thrill of watching amateur and professional golfers? Then, becoming a golf course superintendent might be the right job for you. But, how much does a golf course superintendent make? Golf course superintendents, also known as greenkeepers, can start

There are more than 9,000 golf courses in the US and almost 40,000 ones in the whole world, and looking at the number, you might think that all these planted areas are actually good for the planet. So, are golf courses bad for the environment? What are their pros and cons? Golf courses provide a safe

When superintendents speak of the rough, they are referring to the grassed areas immediately in front of the tee, adjacent to the fairways, and on both sides of, as well as behind, the green. Today, the rough on North American courses is, as a rule, maintained in the two-inch range, fertilized, watered regularly, and is

The objective when cutting fairways is to provide the golfers with a consistent playing surface, and consistency can be provided only when the grass is mowed regularly and with expertise. The height of cut must be sufficiently low to ensure that there is no grass between the ball and the clubhead at the time of

The daily routine of golf course maintenance includes raking the bunkers. Prior to the invention of the mechanical bunker rake, caring for bunkers on an 18-hole course could be a monotonous chore taking the efforts of several workers the better part of a day. A superintendent from Georgia was the first to invent a motorized

All grass plants need nutrition that can be absorbed through the plant or obtained through fertilized soil to sustain life. Superintendents have many different fertilizers to choose from, and to formulate a nutritional program is a complex task. Virtually all fertilizers have beneficial properties, but there is a degree of variation in their suitability for

The skills of a proficient golf course worker are prominently demonstrated during the process of cutting a fresh hole into the green and filling and repairing the old hole. The process is quite simple, yet so many things can and do go wrong. The hole may be mistakenly cut on a slant, which makes the