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. […]
Read More… from Newport CC; Preparing for a Classic Championship
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 […]
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 […]
Read More… from Farmington’s New Himalayas Course Balances Fun and Sustainability
If you want to know your golf course, mow it. Verticut the greens. Rake out the bunkers. Weedwack the margins. Run a blower around the fairways until you’re dizzy, and accidentally shower your 6th green with a morning’s worth of clippings. Go get the backpack blower and fix your mistake. Remove the markers and cart […]
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 […]
“The recuperative properties of that product – not just moisture retention but recuperation – just blew me away.” We love it when our products help turf pros succeed. And we love it when they let us know so we can share their success with the rest of the world. Chad Allen of The Club at […]
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, […]
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 […]
Read More… from TurfZoom with Michael Morris of Crystal Downs Country 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 […]
Read More… from Aquatrols on the Road with Sean McLean, Royal Birkdale Golf Club
A focused Tony Stephen keeps Swinley Forest healthier and more welcoming for his members and the growing number of visitors experiencing one of England’s most exciting golf clubs. […]
