Fore The Golfer: Making a Great Putting Surface

NCC - 1937

The photos below are of the original design of NCC by the famed Donald Ross.   As you can see, Ross was not a huge favorite of trees on a course.   The one photo shows what is now part of the red nine, shows the massive stand of Oaks in the SW portion of the property just north of Clavey Road.
I thought you would find these photos interesting.
           North of Clavey

          North of Clavey

           South of Clavey

USGA Turf Minute: Should All Bunkers Play The Same?

Summer Heat Stress and the Golfer

The effects of summer weather conditions can have a dramatic effect on closely mowed golf course turf (at thousands of an inch), much more so than on a home lawn that is mowed at several inches in height and does not have hundreds of people and golf carts driving over it.  Take a look at the following video.   Thanks