On February 2, 2016 Jared Nemitz and Taft Burrell attended
the USGA Turf Colorant Seminar hosted by Pinehurst Resort (Figure 1). Over 50 superintendents and club officials
from across the Southeast and even the Dominican Republic attended the event.
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| Pat O'Brien organized the 5th annual Turf Colorant Seminar which was attended by over 50 participants. |
The seminar was a combination of in-class case studies, product
discussion, science of colorants and field demonstrations. A variety of
superintendents shared their case studies on how they have been successful
painting their golf course.
Pinehurst Resort and New Brunswick Club Staff displayed how
to correctly set up sprayers and application procedures to paint fairways
(Figure 2). They discussed timing of applications, rates, number of
applications, various paint products and what expectations one should have when
painting.
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| Sprayer demonstrations showed how to effectively paint taller turf such as fairways and tees. |
The seminar was very educational and one that will help in
the future if we wanted to paint other aspects of the golf course besides our greens.
