GREENKEEPER BLOG

Upgraded GreenKeeper CIS Includes POGO Integration

Many turf management decisions are inherently spatial—where water is needed, where pests typically occur, and where additional management is required to achieve specific performance goals. Historically, these patterns have been managed through careful observation,...

Learning the Microclimate: GreenKeeper Insight Improves Forecast Accuracy

Accurate weather forecasts are central to irrigation scheduling, spray timing, and stress management, yet most forecasts are built for regions—not individual golf courses or athletic complexes. Terrain, tree cover, elevation, and nearby bodies of water create...

Move Past Yesterday’s ET: The Predictive Advantage of GreenKeeper wX

Agronomic models are only as good as the data they receive. GreenKeeper’s models rely on high-quality, site-specific weather inputs to perform at their best. Adding a wX station dramatically improves the accuracy and resolution of those data. While weather stations...

Invest in Yourself and Staff with GreenKeeper University

Advance your turf management knowledge at your pace with GreenKeeper University. Our team of renowned turfgrass professors, researchers and practitioners have created 18 different online courses to help advance the knowledge of turfgrass managers. Students can enroll...

Seeing Turf Differently: Exploring the GreenKeeper RECON Turf Vision Sensor

Turfgrass managers possess an exceptionally keen eye for detecting turf stress. That can be both a blessing and a curse in late summer. I remember dreading the morning drive to Ager Golf Course after being surprised by disease or drought stress the day before. Even...

Silverado is Championship Ready with GreenKeeper

Silverado Golf Resort is once again in the spotlight as host of the PGA Tour’s ProCore Championship, and this year the course also welcomed the U.S. Ryder Cup team during tournament week. Behind the scenes, Director of Agronomy David Walter and his staff rely on the...

Driving Progress: How the GreenKeeper Team is Advancing Turf Management

Just as turf managers worked tirelessly through another challenging summer, our team at GreenKeeper has also been busy. With the arrival of meteorological fall, it’s a perfect time to reflect on the progress we’ve made together—on the course, on the research plots,...

“Models are Wrong,” Yet Some are Incredibly Useful for Turf Management

All models are wrong, but some are useful. — British Statistician George E. P. BoxThis classic quote largely credited to statistician George Box perfectly sums up the challenge of decision-making in turfgrass management. It captures every superintendent’s daily...

Stop Guessing. Confidently Schedule Irrigation

Each day, turf managers face the critical task of scheduling irrigation to prevent wilt tomorrow—without over-watering tonight. But this decision depends on estimating how much soil moisture will be lost today, how much irrigation will replenish it, and how tomorrow’s...

Wetting Agents For Native Soils? Yes, Especially for Bentgrass

Most turf managers use soil surfactants - frequently called wetting agents - to improve soil water uniformity and increase irrigation efficiency on sand-based root zones. These types of soils can quickly develop issues of hydrophobicity where organic coatings of...
Simple but Actionable Data: Part One

Simple but Actionable Data: Part One

The word is getting out. Data collection and analysis can improve turf management efficiency. The team at GreenKeeper are excited to bring artificial intelligence and mower-mounted sensors to the turf management industry in 2023. These forms of data and analysis will...

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Evolution of Data-Driven Turf Management

Evolution of Data-Driven Turf Management

The thought of using data and models to guide turfgrass management decisions may seem daunting, but golf course superintendents have been using both to improve course conditioning for centuries. Superintendents are incredibly observant, and data are simply a set of...

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Frustrating Frost Formation

Frustrating Frost Formation

It can be so frustrating to scout a golf course for frost on a crisp fall morning. It's 6AM and there is no frost on the course. Then the mowers get out and frost covers every blade of grass. How does this happen? The sun is starting to rise and then frost forms?!?...

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Do Wetting Agents Help Fairways?

Do Wetting Agents Help Fairways?

Wetting agents can easily pay for themselves when managing turf growing on sand-based or sand-capped soil. These products improve soil moisture uniformity, water infiltration rate and alleviate issues of soil water repellency - called soil hydrophobicity - in sandy...

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