When you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
Golf Scientists: Poa Greens The Cause Of All World Problems
/Golf Industry Show Wrap: More Affordable Sustainability?
/The annual Golf Industry Show wrapped in San Diego and the mood certainly seemed positive. Perhaps it was the location--not Orlando--because I sensed the good vibes ran deeper than normal. So many of the products and folks we talked to for Golf Channel's Morning Drive gave the impression that forward-thinking ways are finally leading to affordable sustainability solutions.
There were also a few first world solution solvers, like grass on top of irrigation heads and drones to detect turf health.
Here are the four GIS pieces shot and produced by Donald Goertz and hosted by yours truly.
Country Club Stigma Files: OC Water Reduction To End For CC's
/Bethpage Red U.S. Open Qualifier Reduced To 17 Holes
/"Another challenge for golf is how conspicuously it uses water."
/NPR: California Golf Course Ethically Keeps Greens Green
/Bay Hill Greens "Shaggy" Before Getting Re-grassed...
/Some Hole Locations Don't Need To Be Changed, Files...
/Video And Thoughts: 2015 Golf Industry Show Wrap
/The "Winter Care" Program At Chambers Bay
/"With flush aquifer, Coachella Valley golf courses slow to conserve"
/The Daily Show On Detroit's Water Shutoff
/Jessica Williams investigates Detroit's water shutoffs targeting some of the city's poorest residents not paying their bills while not targeting major businesses and golf courses who...are not paying their bills.
The segment (thanks reader Jeff):
USGA Restores Championship Agronomist Job, Other Changes
/GCSAA: Dan Jenkins To Receive The Old Tom Morris Award
/Naturally, the Ancient Twitterer had a witty line ready to go for the press release acceptance:
"I'm honored to win this award, especially named for a guy who I'm almost as old as," Jenkins quipped in reference to Old Tom Morris. "It's terrific. I didn't know a lot about grass, but I knew a lot of superintendents all around town. The profession has made a lot of progress. Courses nowadays are so consistently wonderful with all the things they can do with them."