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Internship Visit #2
My second round of internship visits was conducted between Jun 8-11 and included stops at the Kittansett Club, Winged Foot Golf Club, and Glenmaura National Golf Club.The trip took me from State College towards Boston, back to NY, through NE Pennsylvania and then back to State College. Read more about the students' and see photos from the clubs below.
2-Year Alum Prepares Course for AT&T National
This week the PGA Tour rolls into Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa., for the AT&T National. According to a June 25 Philadelphia Daily News story, superintendent John Gosselin (2-Year Turfgrass Program, Class of 1987) is scrambling to clean up the course after a severe storm hit last Thursday.
Turfgrass Deemed Largest ‘Crop’ in Chesapeake Bay Watershed
A recently released report from the Chesapeake Stormwater Network entitled The Clipping Point: Turf Cover Estimates for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Management Implications, indicates that turfgrass may be the largest single ‘crop’ in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, exceeding total
Visiting the Interns: Trip #1
As many of you are aware, a major component of the Golf Course Turfgrass Management Program (the 2-Year Program) is the six months of on-the-job training that the students complete between their first and second year. As part of the internship, I travel to each course to conduct a mid-season evaluation to assess the progress of the internship and to offer suggestions to enhance the remainder of the experience. Check out the updates from my first of five trips below.
Insect Update from Danny Kline, June 24
Last Friday, we recovered our first northern masked chafers from our black light trap. Last night, we collected
PA Turfgrass Council Donates $130,000 to Turfgrass Program
The Pennsylvania Turfgrass Council (PTC) is a non-profit organization who's mission is to raise funds to support education and research activities of Penn State's Turfgrass Program. Since its inception,
Insect Update from Danny Kline
Right now, Pennsylvania golf course superintendents are seeing the first generation of annual bluegrass weevil adults emerge. In samples taken yesterday we had mostly 5th instar larvae, some pupae, and some teneral adults (adults that have just emerged and are white, since the blood has not fully entered their wings causing them to turn a darker color).
PSU Grad Student Wins GCSAA Essay Contest
Chase Rogan, a first-year graduate student working towards his MS degree in turfgrass nutrition at the PSU Center for Turfgrass Science, has won the Golf Course Superintendent's Association of America (GCSAA) 2010 Student Essay Contest.
Weed of the week: Common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris L.)
Common groundsel is one of the most prevalent weeds found in flower beds, around building foundtions and fence posts, and in lawns during May and June in Pennsylvania. This weed grows best in moist, fertile soils; but also persists in poor quality soils and in waste areas.
Penn State Alum Prepares for Memorial Tournament
his week the PGA Tour returns to Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, for
