Newport CC; Preparing for a Classic Championship

The Aquatrols Company is proud to have joined forces with Tom Irwin, Inc., Envu and The Toro Company to provide financial and logistical support for the turf team and volunteers at the upcoming U.S. Senior Open at the storied Newport Country Club. It’s one more element of our commitment to the industry and our customers. […]

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Scouting for a New Generation of Volunteers

Donovan Maguigan used an eye for photography and a passion for turf to get involved and take a leadership role in his local associations. How does he think others can do the same and make a difference? By Pat Jones When you spend your formative years bouncing around from Ohio to Delaware to Singapore, losing […]

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Farmington’s New Himalayas Course Balances Fun and Sustainability

When we visited Scott Ramsay at CC of Farmington recently, he gave his colleagues from the Connecticut GCSA a peek at his new baby: a giant putting course styled after the famed Himalayas at St. Andrews. “We think it’s a great way to give our members a new thing to enjoy, and it helps us […]

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Aquatrols on the Road: Royal Shenny

Shennecossett GC, a famed Connecticut muni, boasts a tremendous lineage, a treasured role in the community, plus one of the best nicknames in golf. And superintendent Eric Morrison loves every bit of it.  When we head out for our Aquatrols On The Road adventures, we visit some fantastic facilities, including elite courses that most of […]

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Dollar Spot is on the Rise

With ongoing hot, humid weather conditions, it’s important to be mindful of the symptoms of and triggers for Dollar Spot, as well as actions you can take to help mitigate this increasingly routine turfgrass disease. Until recently, the disease was widely regarded as being a problem on fescue swards, especially slender creeping red fescue. However, […]

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TurfZoom with Michael Morris of Crystal Downs Country Club

Lessons learned from four decades overseeing one of the world’s greatest golf courses…and what’s next for one of the best minds in the turf business. By Pat Jones In 2016, when I first visited the famed Crystal Downs CC in the lovely lakeside town of Frankfort, Michigan, I was there to play a little golf […]

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Aquatrols on the Road with Sean McLean, Royal Birkdale Golf Club

Few courses are as exceptional as Birkdale and even fewer turfheads more genial than their new course manager, Sean McLean. Read on to find out more. By Pat Jones When you are just a few weeks into a new position, and you’re replacing a retiring turf legend in overseeing one of the world’s excellent links […]

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