Why golf courses put sand on greens (and why you might want to sand your own yard) By: Josh Sens 3. To reduce competition. There’s a saying in the industry: You can have turf or you can have trees.

This USGA Green Section Collection — assembled to supplement the November 6, 2015 issue of the Green Section Record (vol. 53 issue 19) — provides useful resources pertaining to trees and their use on ...

Adobe Creek National Golf CourseAdobe Creek is a links-style course with wide fairways, gentle rolling greens and few trees.Par: 72Yards: 6,997Rating: 71.4Slope: 122Type: Public Fees: ...

Architect Robert Trent Jones Jr. fields our question about the importance of trees on golf courses. Jones Jr. began designing courses with his father, Robert Trent Jones, in the 1960s and has ...

Work will begin in the fall on portions of the mammoth construction project at the Aspen Municipal Golf Course complex, city officials said this week. The Aspen City Council on Monday night gave its ...

Rancho Santa Fe residents have raised alarm over the felling of trees during the golf course renovation project. Residents claim as many as 27 mature trees have been taken down, more than the six t… ...

ASPEN, Colorado ” If it weren’t for the mountains and the whole skiing thing, Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley might be best known as a golfing Mecca. No fewer than nine courses line the valley floor ...

Not every course teaches you something. Some courses are just … courses. But for the purpose of this weekly column, we intend to find a lesson in each course. Enter: Keller Golf Course. Keller ...

The Trump National Golf Course in Virginia was cited this week for cutting down trees on the banks of the Potomac River, a protected area because of its vulnerability to flooding.. Officials in ...