…that is what I asked the greens the other day… What’s eating you?  They said, “anthracnose, make it stop”.Usually, when the turf here at Corral contracts a disease it is not severe and doesn’t take long for the turf to recover.  The poa …

The extreme weather conditions over the last months have been a challenge for the staff and turf alike. The putting greens, specifically the Annual Bluegrass populations are exhibiting signs of Summer Patch. Summer Patch, is a soil pathogen that cause…

5 inches and counting so far in the past two weeks…..totals almost unheard of for this time of year.  We had yet another 9/10″ last night, and the course received it very well.  And to think I was talking about the probability of having to …

Well I have been communicating to all of you the struggles that we have been having this summer. The intense heat and humidity we have dealt with over the past 5 weeks has been stifling. The stress level of the greens and fairways has been unmatched in my 7 seasons at Pheasant Run. The diseases [...]

Greens venting using Toro 648 with 3/8″ cross tinesAs the weather heats up and turf growth continues, destructive gasses such as methane and CO2 can build up in the root zone. This is going to create problems for greens through July and August. Poor wa…

Over the past couple of weeks, a series of rings have been visible on the putting surfaces and in the fairways. In some cases these areas have even produced mushrooms. These symptoms are consistent with a soil borne pathogen called Fairy Ring. The foll…