CATCHING UP WITH DR. RICHARD HURLEY, A.K.A. DR. TURFGRASS [AUTHOR’S NOTE: Back in the April 2021 issue of Golf Course Trades (see ), we caught up with Dr. Richard Hurley, a.k.a. Dr. Turfgrass, the scientist behind nearly every great advancement in turfgrasses for the last 50 years. By request of our readers, we reached out to Dr. Hurley for an update on all his...
We got a scoop, and a really good one at that. Dr. Richard Hurley has released a new strain of turfgrass It’s the latest generation in his ling-running series, an upgrade from 007XL called ULTRA 7. It’s all in my latest interview with the good Doctor, and it’s over at Golf Course Trades (click here). Here is a clip from the interview, where we also...
Sadly, Rutgers University was never in the running in their own event as the Kansas University Jayhawks held off a furious rally from the Purdue Boileermakers to win the inaugural NCAA Harbor Cup at Bayonne Golf Club. Kansas finished the three day tournament 25-under to Purdue’s 23-under. Little Rock and Michigan State finished a distant tiedc for third at 11...
Modern masterpiece Bayonne Golf Club, just a jaunt across the river from Manhattan by their private ferry, is hosting a nine-team NCAA tournament hosted by Rutgers University this weekend. The tournament is called the New York Harbor Cup, a 54-hole stroke play event running Aug. 29 through Sept. 1 at Bayonne Golf Club in Bayonne, N.J. Rutgers will be one of nine...
Golf Course Trades has done its usual terrific job with my latest story for them. This one is short, but we’ll have two more stories for them soon, including a catch-up with Dr. Richard Hurley, a.k.a. Dr. Turfgrass. In the mean time, the link to the story is here. From the article: “NATIONAL GOLF LINKS OF AMERICA, Southampton, NY Truly the font from which...
SOUTHAMPTON, NY – Just an hour or so after he finished up a stellar opening round 64, Wyndham Clark turned around and posted a solid 69 to lead the 126th U.S. Open at 7-under. Among the other early finishers among the leaders are a gaggle of former major winners, including Xender Schauffele and Matt Fitzpatrick at 3-under, Colin Morikawa and 2-under and Justin Thomas...
SPECIAL TO GOLF NEWS NET SOUTHAMPTON, NY – The warning came Sunday: “The Knicks won the title, the City has gone absolutely mental. You better be prepared for everyone to be over the moon.” Then came the airport, where fans from across the globe were streaming in for the World Cup. Futbol jerseys from every country: Ecuador and Columbia, Japan and Australia, Morocco...
SOUTHAMPTON, NY – Nowhere will Shinnecock Hills reveal its slavering jaws as a U.S. Open venue more than at its formidable par-3s. For mere mortal golfers, the par-3s can often be a welcome refuge from the course. Occasionally – not often, but occasionally – the shortest golf holes are the deadliest: like the 12th at Augusta National, the 17th at Pebble Beach...
SPECIAL TO GOLF NEWS NET SOUTHAMPTON, NY – For everyone asking “Who is going to win the U.S. Open at Shinnecock this year?” I have the answer for you, and it’s obvious. The golf course will win this year’s U.S. Open. Is Shinnecock Hills the hardest U.S. Open venue? Tough call with Winged Foot and Oakmont in the mix, but Shinnecock is often just as stern a test as...
BOISE, ID – Mexico’s Emilio Gonzalez dazzled the Korn Ferry Tour with a sparkling final round 61 to win the golf tournament, but the whole city of Boise won the Albertsons Boise Open. Indeed, the final chapter of the Korn Ferry Tour regular season was a rip-roaring success on every level, especially seeing as how organizers had to pull off not one, but three concerts...
BOISE, ID – Now comes the knife’s edge, the crucible of the late season of the Korn Ferry Tour, where dreams of the Big Time! and Bigger Money! slumber cheek and jowl with the nightmare of another seemingly interminable year of slogging, soldiering, and soul searching. Some of these golfers are destined for the PGA Tour next year. Relief! Satisfaction! Success! It’s...
BOISE, ID – [Author’s Note: There’s watching golf and there’s there are WAYS TO WATCH THE GOLF, if you understand the nuance. Anyone can go to the tournament, but maximizing your enjoyment is the ultimate goal. What are you looking for? Golf action? The beer tent? The party scene? People watching? Being watched? If you’re going the Korn Ferry playoffs this week in...
It was the rain that may have made all the difference. J.J. Spaun, reeling after bogeying five of the first six holes in the final round righted the ship after a 96-minute rain delay, and won the 2025 U.S. Open with a back nine charge for the ages. Spaun, who began the day one stroke behind third-round leader Sam Burns, carded a final round 72, to finish at 1-under...
The next time it’s Halloween or your kids are out camping and everyone wants to tell ghost stories and other tales of horror, I’ve got the mother of all bloodthirsty slashers for you. Never mind the guy with the razor blade fingernails, or the dude with the Ghostface mask. Forget about Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers. Not even Vincent Price or Edgar Allan Poe have...
Picture yourself for a moment lying in bed the night before you tee off in the U.S. Open…only it’s the U.S. Open at Oakmont. The National Open is routinely played at only the finest and most difficult golf courses in the country. “Golf’s Toughest Test” is the semi-official moniker, and the USGA means it. Historians may quibble as to the exact genesis of the inception...