David Ward, Superintendent of Golf at Coyote Run Golf Course, has brought his wealth of experience and insight from private course management to help develop a successful new municipal property.
A superintendent with the FBI in his blood is now on a crusade to unearth historical data that can accurately direct restoration projects.
Every superintendent has “water on the brain” these days, no matter where our properties are located. Water’s availability, and quality, are things we must all be aware of constantly now, as critical factors in our quests to provide prime course conditions year-round. As in every profession, however, there are people who just think about critical issues—and people who want to [...]
Because the 2008 Golf Industry Show (GIS) will start at the end of this month (see pg. 97), Bruce Williams, Superintendent of The Los Angeles Country Club (LACC), was the natural choice for this issue’s “Super to Super” interview. In addition to his exemplary work in helping to develop and maintain two of the most renowned and scenic parkland-style city [...]
Even those of us who have been in charge of our departments for a while can still remember the feelings of excitement and anticipation—and most of all, the overwhelming sense of “What do I do now?—that we all had when we first became a head superintendent. But when someone else joins a management team for the first time—be it as [...]
Golf course planning takes time, research, insight and money, but Mike Hurdzan says the improvement planning process is not complicated if the following steps are followed: Get up-to-date, very detailed aerial photos and contour mapping of at least two-foot contours; one foot is better. Select a qualified golf course architect and assemble a planning team. Analyze the entire property for [...]
This month, the name for our regular feature needs to be amended a bit because this isn’t a pure “Super to Super” conversation, but rather one between a super (me) and a super who’s gone on to become, among many other things, a Ph.D., golf course architect, author, environmental leader, and prestigious award winner. The man behind that weighty title [...]
Selected findings of the Rocky Mountain GCSA study • The golf industry contributed $15,730 per acre of land and $11,667 per acre-foot of water in direct revenues to Colorado’s economy. • Of Colorado golf courses’ 36,500 total acres, only 19,800 acres (54.2 percent) were irrigated turfgrass. • One-third of the state’s golf course acreage is unmaintained land that serves wildlife [...]
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