Posted on July 23rd, 2020BySteve HabelPosted on
It feels like there’s a wealth of great golf options around almost every corner in northern Michigan. Many of the courses are in the region’s resorts. But there are jewels tucked a bit off the beaten path, down isolated dirt …
Posted on July 22nd, 2020
EAST LANSING – Spring Lake’s Anna Kramer lost the first hole of the championship match Wednesday afternoon, but tied it up on the second hole and charged on to win the 104th Michigan Women’s Amateur Championship presented by Carl’s Golfland.
The 21-year-old University of Indianapolis go…
Posted on July 17th, 2020
EAST LANSING, MI–Dick Stewart, PGA Life Member and former Head Professional at Kalamazoo Country Club, has captured the 2020 Michigan Section PGA Golf Professional of the Year award. This prestigious honor is awarded to the professional that has demonstrated outstanding qualities of leader…
Posted on July 17th, 2020
Maintaining healthy and consistent turf near the edge of a putting green can be a challenge. The perimeter is generally the first area of a green to decline during periods of stressful weather. As such, superintendents implement a wide range of strategies to promote healthy turf in what is often ref…
Posted on July 15th, 2020
Michigan State University Turfgrass Science
Dr. Kevin Frank visits with Dr. Joe Vargas about current turfgrass disease issues.
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Posted on July 14th, 2020
By Julie Williams | Golfweek , July 10, 2020 11:13 am
The U.S. Golf Association is bringing the U.S. Senior Amateur to Detroit in 2021. The announcement came as part of changes to future host sites for the event.
The Country Club of Detroit, in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, will be the si…
Posted on July 10th, 2020
The combination of limited rainfall, warm temperatures and high winds is a recipe for drought-stressed turf. For golf courses in many parts of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, keeping up with water demand has been tough. Poorly maintained sprinklers can make an already difficult situation eve…
Posted on July 2nd, 2020
Governor Whitmer issued an Executive Order prohibiting bars and nightclubs in Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 from offering indoor service, effective 11:00pm July 1, 2020.
The order reads: To protect our state from a new wave of infections and to increase the likelihood that we can reopen sc…
Posted on July 2nd, 2020
THOMPSONVILLE – Former Michigan State University star Sarah Burnham shot a sizzling 9-under 63 and ran away with the 27th Michigan PGA Women’s Open Championship Wednesday on the Mountain Ridge course at Crystal Mountain.
The 24-year-old second-year LPGA Tour player from Maple Grove…
Posted on July 1st, 2020
Last week a possible case of annual bluegrass weevil was reported at a course in central Wisconsin and was confirmed as ABW last night by both UW Insect Diagnostic Lab Manager P.J. Liesch and Penn State Entomologist Dr. Ben McGraw. ABW is a serious pest of annual bluegrass that has primarily on…
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EAST LANSING, MI–Dick Stewart, PGA Life Member and former Head Professional at Kalamazoo Country Club, has captured the 2020 Michigan Section PGA Golf Professional of the Year award. This prestigious honor is awarded to the professional that has demonstrated outstanding qualities of leader…