Where you leave them can have a substantial impact on the grounds staff
From an agronomic perspective, does it really matter if we keep bunker sand off the greens?
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.
“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.
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?
Replace your divots, fix your pitch marks, rake the sand. Golfers know the basics of course maintenance etiquette yet are still making a common error that one superintendent calls his “worst nightmare”.
Green speeds is an ongoing discussion topic at golf clubs around the world and throughout golf-course architecture Architect Brian Schneider, a long-time associate of Tom Doak and partner at Renaissance Golf Design, has renovated clubs like Hollywood Golf Club in New Jersey (No.170 on America’s Greatest Courses), Tamarack Country Club in Connecticut, Llanerch Country Club Read more…
Golf Digest polled 13 LPGA pros, asking each a simple question: what’s your favourite hole at Pebble, and why?
As golfers, we know punching those tiny core holes and filling them with sand is a necessary evil, but do we really know why it’s necessary?
I played the home The Players from the shortest tees and from the tips. The long and the short of TPC Sawgrass.
Our editors looked across our vast continent and detailed experiences and courses emblematic of our outback and inland heritage.
These are the clubs getting it right when it comes to all facets of the golf experience, not just the course.
Danang in Central Vietnam is home to seven world-class golf facilities. As such it serves as a microcosm for golf in the Socialist Republic.
Robert Trent Jones Jnr on one of course architecture’s most controversial realms.
Touring the portion of coastline between Sydney and the Queensland border reveals a region rich in diversity and golf surprises.
Need a place to play and stay with the girls? Our editors have done the hard work for you. There’s something for everyone in this ultimate golf getaway hit list.
With the much-anticipated opening of Hobart’s 7 Mile Beach course on the horizon, it’s just one reason why Tasmania is the envy of golfers across the country.
The PGA Tour’s return to Utah will feature fully automated mowers, a potential breakthrough for golf course sustainability.
Lukas Michel says he’s enjoying juggling golf course design consultation with being an elite international amateur as he settles into the Asia Pacific event in Japan.
Amid escalating green fees at some of the world’s best golf facilities, Australia’s top courses remain relatively affordable. When it comes to playing golf Down Under, it’s little wonder golfers from around the world consider Australia to be the Lucky Country.
A selection of golf destinations you need to visit before the cooler weather comes to an end.