Author: Craig Kessler
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Golf Celebrates the Fruits of Research at UC Riverside Turfgrass Field Day
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but research is its facilitator. And that’s what the Turf Program at UC Riverside celebrates at the school’s annual ... -
Golf in the Land of Permanent Drought
As much as we would like to think that it’s the bone-dry years that are the exception, the facts say otherwise. It’s the wet winter that ... -
The Era of Recycled Water May Be Drawing to a Close
One-third of California’s golf courses have access to recycled water. Another significant number have access to raw untreated water from the Colorado River — roughly six ... -
A Miserable Year for Politics, a Great Year for Golf
1968 was arguably the most tumultuous political year of the 20th Century. A President who had been elected in one of the greatest landslides in American ... -
Lessons from the Drought “Emergency”: A funny thing happened on the way to the apocalypse.
This is not a story about the recent drought. If there is one thing we have learned it is that for the Southern California golf industry ... -
Drought? Megadrought?: Where do we stand and what does it mean for Southern California’s golf courses?
Okay, so the snowpack this year was above average, and the rainfall in Northern California was above average. The rainfall in Southern California was below average, ... -
The Wages Of Indifference: Game’s Failure to Honor Public Sector Hurts Growth Efforts
The golf industry is not of the same mind on all issues, but if there is one issue about which there is near unanimity it is ... -
The Crystal Ball on 2016: New Year, New Legislative Session
Anticipate, predict, resolve — that’s what we do for sport in January; that and watch playoff games. So, let’s play the game as it pertains to ... -
Golf and Water: The industry is ready for what comes next
The only reliable way to predict the future is to invent it. That’s a line attributed to computer pioneer Alan Kay, but I’ve long suspected that ... -
Golf Industry Poised to Meet Drought Challenge
California is home to 866 golf courses. Together they consume less than one percent of the potable water consumed in the state, a percentage that goes ...
