USGA Course Consulting visit

We welcomed our regional USGA Agronomist for a course visit in mid-June. The USGA provides this service for guidance and perspective from a professional agronomist to help if we are having problems or to help further reinforce programs that are working. Lucky for us, our visit was just a general overview, not regarding a specific trouble issue.

Our last USGA visit was back in 2022. You can read that report here. Unlike the visit in 2022, we did not have a certain main topic. Instead, we toured the course looking at a few different difficult spots- things that a golfer might notice, but not necessarily understand the root cause. The USGA Agronomist is helpful in these situations because they can provide further detail, can possibly explain better the certain reasons behind an issue, or simply reiterate that they agree with the initial assessment and reinforce that idea.

The USGA Green Section supports Golf Course Superintendents tremendously. We use site visits as a tool for communicating with the membership about some of the things that are happening on the golf course, and it was productive again this year.

Below is the link to this year’s report:

USGA report

 

 

Etiquette Reminder of the Month

Please do not apply any spray sunscreen or insect repellent while standing on the grass, especially the greens. The chemicals kill the turf.

 

Also, as part of a Golf Committee initiative to improve course etiquette, we have included links to videos teaching proper on course etiquette. Please take a moment to watch:

Ball Marks - How to properly repair

Golf Cart tips

 

 

See you on the course!

Joe

jvillegas@bwrc.org