Chicago Superintendent Feature: “I Hate Ball Marks”

By Pat Jones | How Chicago super Tim Christians uses Zipline in his never-ending fight against mushy greens. Tim Christians sums up how a lot of turfheads feel about the profession with this saying: “I don’t love it because of golf. I love it because of golf courses.” He had another saying when I talked […]

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Revolution: Your Ace in the Hole

Superintendent Derrick Chlopecki calls Revolution his “ace in the hole.” Opened in 1912, Pine Ridge Golf Club is one of the oldest and most revered golf courses in Winnipeg. Not a particularly long course by today’s standards, Pine Ridge challenges golfers with its famously fast undulating greens. Derrick Chlopecki has been the Superintendent at Pine […]

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Managing Fine Fescue Fairways – Zero Irrigation Strategy

The following appeared in the March 2015 issue of Greenkeeping Magazine. As the past chairman of greens at Golf Course De Pan in the Netherlands, Jan van Mondfrans recounts his experience eliminating irrigation on fairways for an entire growing season with the help of an alkyl-terminated block copolymer surfactant. Golf Course De Pan is a […]

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Extending the Lives of Potted Plants

The Drought of 2012 has been wreaking havoc on food crops across the country. The physical and financial damage has been well documented, with farmers’ struggles becoming a somber staple on the nightly news. However, farmers are not alone in battling the harsh realities of such an extreme summer. At greenhouses and nurseries nationwide, growers […]

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