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...
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...
So a huge thank you to Golf Course Trades, Many Francis, Rich Hurley, and Doug Homan for their help with my article about Vesper Velvet. The entire piece is here. From the article: “So Manny [Francis] converted Vesper’s greens to the strain he found in his yard, and both he and the grass became legend. Vesper Velvet spread across the northeast –...
Once again, the good folks over at Golf Course Trades have done a spectacular job making my monthly column look terrific. Of course, having such a remarkable subject as Bayonne helps. It’s one of the great stories in the history of golf course construction, a Herculean endeavor in every way. From the article: “Bayonne, just across the river from TriBeCa...
Golf News Net ran my Jay’s Plays radio show interview with Eric Bergstol. We talked Bayonne, designing in greater New York City, his Empire Golf empire, and more! Tune in here for the fun.
BAYONNE, NJ – A funny thing happened when I went to interview a golf course architect about his design strategies. I got a grad school-level lecture in landscape architecture, construction, and golf course permitting instead. It was every bit as fascinating. Eric Bergstol lives the dream of everyone who enters one of those Armchair Architecture contests they...