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- Its harnessing of a notorious creek that had periodically destroyed property upstream and down demonstrates that a golf course can serve not just golfers but also a greater community. The creative manner in which it addresses floods and storm-water makes it the winner of our Green Star environmental award for 2017.
www.golfdigest.com › story › the-preserve-at-oak-meadows-how-our-green-star-winner-tamed-the-floodsHow Our Green Star Winner Tamed The Floods | Courses | Golf ...
Dec 14, 2017 · The Preserve At Oak Meadows might be the most important new golf course of 2017. The creative way it addresses floods and storm water makes it the winner of Golf Digest's Green Star...
- Ron Whitten
- That Foam
- Those Green-Ish-Blue-Ish Streaks on Your Ball
- Those Tiny Granules on The Greens
No doubt you’ve seen those frothy dots in the fairway. From a distance, they could almost pass for golf balls. Up close, they look more like dollops of shaving cream. Pesticide? Herbicide? Nope. Marking foam. As the name suggests, superintendents use it to mark ground they’ve already sprayed, so they don’t inadvertently double up on tasks. The foam...
It doesn’t happen often, but it’s memorable when it does: Picking up your ball, you notice that it’s slicked with something aqua-hued, almost iridescent. When it gets on your hands, it gives your fingers enough of a radioactive tinge to make you wonder if you might soon grow three heads. Not to worry! Superintendentscan be sadistic with pin positio...
Not to be mistaken for a light top dressing of sand, which is laid down in an even, uninterrupted coating. These are little pellets, scattered around the putting surface. In some cases, they are fertilizer granules, but usually not, as most superintendents use either liquid fertilizer or granules that they water into the turf. Likely, the little pe...
This new reality has compelled Golf Digest to present 2014 Green Star Awards for Outstanding Environmental Practices to Pinehurst No. 2 and Pasatiempo Golf Club, two iconic American...
That's why Golf Digest has established a new award -- the Green Star -- to honor golf resorts that best demonstrate the industry's efforts to do no harm to the...
That's why Golf Digest is awarding its 2015 Green Star Award to Northport (Mich.) Creek Golf Course. The new nine-hole layout—it opened in July 2014—is the first course in the nation designed and...
Oct 20, 2013 · The eagle cam is not the only reason that Golf Digest is presenting its 2013 Green Star Award for Outstanding Environmental Practices to Bear Trace at Harrison Bay. What caught our eye is the...
Texas Star Golf Course is an 18-hole public golf course in Euless, TX (par: 71; yards: 6,936). Green fees start at $37.00 and go up to $77.00.
