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GreenKeeper Models Provide More Insight Than Simple GDD Calculators

by | February 23, 2026 | Blog | 0 Comments

​I first learned about growing degree days (GDDs) in my introductory agronomy course at UW–Madison. These models used daily average temperature to predict biological processes such as corn development. I later learned that GDDs could also be used to schedule seedhead...
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Upgraded GreenKeeper CIS Includes POGO Integration

by | February 2, 2026 | Blog | 0 Comments

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,...
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Learning the Microclimate: GreenKeeper Insight Improves Forecast Accuracy

by | January 28, 2026 | Blog | 0 Comments

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

by | December 4, 2025 | Blog | 0 Comments

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...
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Invest in Yourself and Staff with GreenKeeper University

by | November 11, 2025 | Blog | 0 Comments

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...
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Seeing Turf Differently: Exploring the GreenKeeper RECON Turf Vision Sensor

by | October 22, 2025 | Blog | 0 Comments

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...
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Silverado is Championship Ready with GreenKeeper

by | September 12, 2025 | Blog | 0 Comments

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...
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Driving Progress: How the GreenKeeper Team is Advancing Turf Management

by | September 4, 2025 | Blog | 0 Comments

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

by | July 18, 2025 | Blog | 0 Comments

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...
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Stop Guessing. Confidently Schedule Irrigation

by | June 17, 2025 | Blog | 0 Comments

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...
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Growth Rate Goals

Growth Rate Goals

by | May 25, 2023

We have been advocating daily measurement of growth rate on highly maintained turfgrass to improve management precision. Clipping volume measurements provide actionable data to help guide PGR applications and evaluate the efficiency of a fertilization program. But how...

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Simple but Actionable Data: Part One

Simple but Actionable Data: Part One

by | Mar 22, 2023

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

by | Feb 14, 2023

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

by | Oct 18, 2022

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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