2016 USGA Green Section Record Compendium

Optimizing mower setup has a profound impact on the health and quality of putting greens.

For golfers who cannot get enough of the game, a backyard putting green is the ultimate upgrade.

What are the benefits of, or stresses caused by brushing bentgrass greens?

How to set up your golf course for more fun and success

Forward tees are becoming increasingly popular, providing golfers with potentially lower scores. 

A science-based approach for estimating landscape water requirements

A hydration plan for golf course turf

New technology may offer the use of small unmanned aircraft systems for turfgrass management.

Supplement only when needed to provide better turf and playability

The cost of a round of golf is strongly correlated with the cost to produce desirable playing surfaces.

How do foliar plant nutrient packages compare to urea and iron sulfate?

Aquatic plants are familiar and beneficial components of pond systems. However, too much of a good thing can present management challenges.

Water features can add strokes to your round of golf, but they provide more than just a challenge.

The USGA has supported years of research investigating the fate of fertilizers applied to turfgrass.

Practice is popular and practice areas are essential

Many golfers prefer practicing on real grass, but artificial turf mats are increasingly popular.

Does the practice tee at your course take a beating every summer? There may be a solution.

Severe winterkill during the past decade has stimulated an increase in turfgrass research that helps turf managers avoid winter injury.

Winterkill is an easy problem to define but difficult to fully understand.

Researchers are busy reevaluating temperature thresholds used to determine when to deploy covers.

The fundamentals of successful golf course drainage

Tolerating temporary distruptions so drainage can be installed may ease your woes.

Computer simulations provide a below-ground look at water moving through putting greens.

GPS technology make precision turf management a reality.

Discover the ways technology has changed, and will continue to change, the game of golf.

Measuring soil moisture with time-domain reflectometry sensors can aid in conservation efforts.

Effectively managing organic matter will help create the firm and smooth putting greens that golfers have come to expect.

Managing organic matter is the name of the game, and here's why it's important.

What causes root zone characteristics to change and what effect do those changes have?

As the golf industry evolves and course infrastructure deteriorates, golf facilities must be prepared.

Find out what to include in a master plan and why it's imperative for every golf course to have one.

Since the mid-1980s, the USGA has funded millions of dollars of research focusing on conservation.