I think if you were to take an informal survey, you’d be hard-pressed to find a single golfer who likes or even prefers to putt on Poa annua greens. And no, it’s not Poana. It’s Poa annua. For my money, the best greens in the world are bentgrass greens. Augusta National agrees. All of their greens are […]

Dr. Michael Hurdzan’s book entitled Golf Course Architecture: Evolutions in Design, Construction, and Restoration Technology is often referred to as the Bible of golf course architecture. According to amazon.com, “It takes readers inside the designer’s mind through each step of designing a golf green, golf hole, and a golf course.” In the text, Hurdzan outlines

A: A team event in which one of the four balls the team members are playing is orange. The player with the orange ball plays that ball and records his own score while the other three member of the team play a traditional scramble. The orange ball rotates among the team members, changing after each

The coolest thing we do at the Golf Academy every year is operate the practice range at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. This is something I really looked forward to last year, and it’s something I’ve been looking forward to again this year. Because of the time of year we enrolled at the Academy, we get to work the