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Old 03-04-2024, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Nana2Teddy View Post
I’m not a golfer yet, but I do read these threads out of curiosity. While watching a live Q&A show on YouTube with Don Wiley (Gold Wingnut) a week ago he was asked about the poor condition of many of the courses. He said TV is dealing with a serious fungal infection on many courses and working on it, but it’s not an easy fix. This is just my best recollection of his response, not a quote. Since fungus hasn’t been mentioned in this comment thread I’m assuming it’s not common knowledge.
Fungus on golf courses is not a new entity. It requires maintenance to provide more than the minimum care with expensive fungicides and other practices to stay AHEAD of it. If not caught early, the grass dies, then it can get REALLY expensive. If you apply the minimum contractual effort to a serious problem, this is what you have now.