A couple of different times each year, you show up to your favorite golf ...

Wickliffe plans to delay opening Green Ridge Golf Course until mid- to late April in hopes of allowing for spring growth of the greens. Last year, after a fungus destroyed the greens and ultimately ...

Aside from being crestfallen, the Etiquettiest’s pal was peeved. The course, he said, had not warned him in advance. Nor was it offering discounted greens fees. And so there he stood on the ...

Putting green aeration is never popular. Understandably, golf course superintendents and USGA agronomists field many questions about aeration each year. Here are helpful answers to some of the most ...

Along with replacing divots and raking bunkers, repairing ball marks is a staple in golf-course etiquette, not only to provide players behind you with a smooth putting surface—but also to help ...

People often ask the question, "Should I aerate or not?” The question is most frequently asked by those who play golf, probably because they see the courses aerated at different times of the year.

For golfers of a certain vintage, they can vividly remember playing in a competition ...

Tommy Kuhl, a senior at the University of Illinois, had just played the round of his life. His 62 broke the course record at the Illini Golf Club, in Springfield, Ill., and earned him a spot in U.S.

Listen, before anyone yells at me, aeration is an important necessity for greens. Aeration helps air and water get deeper into the dirt. It also prevents the soil from getting too compact, all of ...

No golfers are ever thrilled to arrive at a course, only to find that they will be putting on greens that have just been aerated. The USGA’s Green Section has been helping golf courses deliver the ...