Introducing: Merrick Mondays

by Owen Jacobs | Apr 14, 2025 | Golf, Merrick Mondays

“If you could describe the experience of working as a Golf Course superintendent in one word, what would it be and why?”   “Solutionist.” As any Superintendent knows, every day on the course you will be confronted with a multitude of problems and only YOU can...

The Nature, Diagnosis and Management of Winterkill: Part 2 Bermudagrass

by a3c0657a_admin | Feb 15, 2023 | Golf, Sports Turf, Turf Tips

Bermudagrass is the most common turfgrass species grown on golf courses and sports fields  in the Southeastern US. Bermudagrass culture has extended widely into the transition zone (i.e. an area between Philadelphia and Richmond and extending west...

Summer Nasty and Tough: Foxtails Part 1

by a3c0657a_admin | Jul 12, 2021 | Golf, Lawn & Landscape, Sports Turf, Turf Tips

Grasses fall into two general categories based on physiology: cool-season (C-3) and warm-season (C-4).  We can further sub-divide these weeds as annual and perennial. Among the most common C-4 annuals include crabgrass, goosegrass and foxtails, and the most...

Winter Annual Broadleaf Weeds Bring Color and A Spring Wake-up Call

by a3c0657a_admin | Apr 6, 2021 | Golf, Lawn & Landscape, Turf Tips

Most turf professionals walk with their heads-down, scouting for the appearance of something usual or out of place. One of the first indicators that it may be time to get the sprayers and mowers out, is the sudden appearance of flowering winter annual broadleaf weeds....

Blistering Heat, Drought, Hurricane, and Thunderstorms Bring Misery To Golf Courses

by a3c0657a_admin | Aug 10, 2020 | Golf, Turf Tips

July 2020 was among the top four hottest July’s on record.  The heat began mid-June and by mid- July I could read that  “Fatigued-August”  look on the faces of many superintendents.  Heat and generally dry...

Hands Free Ball Lift

by a3c0657a_admin | May 19, 2020 | Golf, Products

  Operation Use putter to raise top disc approximately 4 inches upward and ball will slide out onto green.  Specifications Color: Black with brass shaft (custom colors available) Weight: 4 oz. (approx.) Dimensions: 12 inches long, new diameter...