Local golf: Grey Oaks on forefront of figuring out when to feed hungry fairways

NAPLES — The room could double as a lunch area, complete with the paper plates.

But what’s on them isn’t to be consumed, at least not by people. Dr. John S. Shenk and his son John hand off about a dozen paper plates — each covered with a square of grass — to one another and move what would look like an old-time corded electric razor over the top of it.

What in the heck are they doing? The end result will be helping golf courses go green — and save some greenbacks while they’re at it.

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