Staff Attends Turf Colorant Seminar at Pinehurst

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.

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.

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.

Peninsula Hosts USGA Ultradwarf Surface Management Field Day

On June 29th The Peninsula Club hosted the 9th Annual USGA Ultradwarf Surface Management Seminar. This event had been hosted by Rodney Lingle at Memphis Country Club for the past 8 years and is considered by many to be the “Godfather” of Ultradwarf Management. Forty superintendents, assistants and club officials, attended the event. Jared and Rodney teamed up to discuss their greens management practices. There was a classroom question and answer session followed by in-field demonstrations on putting greens #5 and #1.

The day was a resounding success. It was a great time to learn, meet new people and share various methods to achieve excellent putting greens surfaces.

For more information on the field day click here for an USGA write-up on the field day.

The Field Day started with a question and answer session in the ballroom.

Jared answers question regarding his putting green management philosophies.

Assistant Drew McRorie demonstrates our topdressing practices.

Arnold Deherra shows how to verti-groom to get just the right amount of grass standing up to achieve a good cut. 

Bradley Furr and Nick McLennan show the last step in the verti-grooming process by brushing and double cutting the green.

Jared Invited to Speak for USGA

Jared Nemitz, Director of Golf & Grounds at The Peninsula Club has been invited to speak at the Annual USGA Southeast Regional Conference being held at Hope Valley Country Club in Durham, NC on March 24th. His speech is titled, "Data Collection Ideas to Assist with Putting Green Management". It will highlight the data collection, organization and scrutinizing of scientific data that helps the agronomy team make sound agronomic decisions. Jared has spoken at various conferences and industry expos across the United States and the world.