Golf…Environmentally Friendly?

"Truckee, California is located about 12 miles North of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. At an elevation of roughly 6,000 feet, our area receives approximately 300 inches of snow every year from October through April with a golfing season of mid May (I’ve opened in June on some years) to about the third week in October. The one thing I know after 18 years of residing here is that no winter (or spring) is the same and our summers are mild with little to no precipitation or humidity. We are lucky to have minimal or no insect pressure and almost no summer disease. Our Kentucky bluegrass fairways have never been sprayed for either one. On the other hand, snow mold diseases run rampant and ice damage can devastate the turf on any given year..."
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Thanks to Joel Blaker from Tahoe Mountain Club, in Truckee, California for the June article, keep them coming!