Cottonwood Falls? When the sport of golf first began in the late 19th century, most courses had a sand green because of the expense in maintaining lush grass greens. In Kansas, sand greens were ...

CENTRAL CITY, Neb. — That's no misprint at the bottom of the Riverside Golf Club scorecard: "Please remember to rake your greens." Matt Nicholas, who grew up playing at this nine-hole course nestled ...

“A fun complimentary piece to the rest of the courses at Sand Valley. Very short holes with extreme sloping greens allows for a variety of shots to be played off the tee and around the greens. This is ...

The fact Tom Doak has been selected to design the next course at Sand Valley should be a surprise to few people paying attention to the golf-course design world. The unique, 6,100-yard routing that ...

PALM SPRINGS – One of the most obvious side effects of the global pandemic has been supply chain issues, causing shortages in everything from new cars to baby formula. But there is a shortage of ...

Start talking turf with a superintendent and it isn’t long before you’re deep in the weeds. Sand is a similarly immersive topic; an avalanche of granular detail awaits. The most famous sand in golf is ...

Hawaii is known worldwide for its beautiful beaches, but most local golf courses import their sand from Vietnam or California. In fact, golf-course and athletic-field constructors prefer the more ...