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Ask A Super: Pro golfers do this every time they leave a bunker, but do you really need to?
From an agronomic perspective, does it really matter if we keep bunker sand off the greens?
Ask A Super: This visual trick makes Augusta National’s fairways look greener. Why don’t more courses do it?
Mowing patterns are partly about aesthetics and partly about distance control.
Ask A Super: Need For Speed
Why can’t my course get fast greens like Augusta National? It’s amazing how much the speed of the greens can change a golfer’s perception of a course. Golfers can play a rather boring course architecturally speaking, but if the greens are rolling fast and true, that might be all they talk about. That presents a Read more…
Ask A Super: This cart rule drives golfers crazy, but it’s actually really important
It’s not as annoying as cartpath-only, but the 90-degree rule can leave golfers frustrated… and confused.
Ask A Super: Should I Leave Bunker Rakes Inside Or Outside The Sand?
Nearly every golfer understands it’s their responsibility to rake a bunker after they hit from it, but what should they do after that? Should they place the rake inside or outside the bunker? That’s the question we put to Shannon Wheeler, the director of agronomy at The Plantation at Ponte Vedra Beach. Wheeler has worked Read more…
Ask A Super: Yes, there’s a right (and wrong) way to remove the flagstick. It’s more important than you think
Having the ball hit the back of the cup and bounce out is one of the worst breaks in golf, but did you know it can often be caused by how we remove the flagstick?
Ask A Super: You can remove rocks from bunkers, but where you should throw them might surprise you
The Rules of Golf allow you to remove loose impediments, like stones, from the bunker, but it turns out golf course superintendents have a strong preference for where you should put them.
Ask A Super: Should I leave bunker rakes inside or outside the sand?
Nearly every golfer understands it’s their responsibility to rake a bunker after they hit from it, but what should they do after that? Should they leave the rake inside or outside the bunker?
Ask A Super: Why are practice greens slower than greens on the course?
“These greens are so much faster than the putting green,” is one of the golf’s most common excuses – so common, in fact, that we decided to ask a superintendent if it holds any merit.
Ask A Super: Why’s the grass all brown on our course?
As golfers, we often let the colors we see on a course dictate whether we think it’s in good shape or not. Green, good. Brown, bad. It’s not that simple, though. Aside from a compelling argument that browner, firmer turf is ideal for playability, courses in certain climates may turn almost completely brown for several Read more…
Ask A Super: Why are you coring our greens when they’re in perfect shape?
The ensuing days and weeks are the most frustrating of the year. Surely there must be a reason why our golf course superintendents wait until the greens are in good shape to aerate, right?
Ask A Super: We all want fast greens, why can’t you just cut them shorter?
To understand why green speeds fluctuate and why course superintendents can’t simply mow the greens as short as possible to achieve lightning-fast speeds, we caught up with Jason Meersman, the director of grounds at The Patterson Club in Fairfield, Connecticut.
How you can play Tiger Woods’ home club and other super exclusive courses, plus rounds with the best coaches in college basketball
It’s tough to argue that the best part of golf is the conduit it provides to giving back. Billions of dollars are raised for charity every year through our great game—and each cause is worthy of praise. Few causes, though, offer the kind of high-level golf opportunities as the American Cancer Society’s Coaches vs. Cancer Read more…
Iowa basketball superstar Caitlin Clark says golf (!) has helped her on the court
Finkbine golf course sits on the western edge of the University of Iowa campus, a few hundred yards from Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Tee up a golf ball—and get a few pavement-aided bounces through the parking lot—and one might be able to reach the school’s basketball arena with a big drive. But on days when Caitlin Clark Read more…
Should you repair pitch marks on cored greens? We asked a superintendent
Now is a common time of year for courses to core their greens, so it’s a valid question.
Lee Westwood says he’s signed an NDA when asked about Super Golf League
Lee Westwood told reporters he could not answer a question related to the proposed Super Golf League due to signing a non-disclosure agreement.
Aussie duo asked about Super Golf League speculation. Here’s what they said
Here’s what few if any of the players competing in this week’s Saudi International want to discuss: the so-called Super Golf League that appears to be creeping ever closer to some sort of inauguration.
Masters 2025: Everyone knows Scottie Scheffler’s superpower—but they can’t do it
AUGUSTA, Ga. — It’s become a Masters tradition all of its own. Scottie Scheffler’s feet spinning, sliding out from under him. His right shoulder twirling around him. And his golf shots flying exactly where he wants them to, lifting him towards the top. There’s no golfer, now or perhaps ever, who swings the golf club Read more…
TGL Week 8 Superlatives: Xander’s return, Tiger’s flex and an all-time Hammer backfire
Welcome to Tomorrow Golf League TODAY. Each week from now until the end of TGL’s inaugural season, we will meet here to recap the physical, virtual and physical-virtual action from the world’s most-hyped professional simulator golf league. But this isn’t any old play-by-play. No, no. That requires too much writing. Instead, we will break down Read more…
Watch this college basketball fan’s humiliating full-court putt attempt during the Michigan game
We’ve seen a bunch of amazing full-court putt attempts by college basketball fans in recent years, including one that had Patrick Mahomes more hyped than when he won any of his three Super Bowls. But what we saw on Sunday during a Michigan game does NOT fall into that category. We don’t know the guy’s Read more…