Jordan Booth

Supercharge your career or someone you know in the golf course maintenance industry by applying to the free Greenskeeper Apprentice Program (GAP) from the USGA. Close the “gap” in your career and apply today.

"Joining GAP was the best decision of my life." The USGA Greenkeeper Apprenticeship Program helped launch Brooke Heikkila's career in golf course management. If you're interested in applying 👉bit.ly/4bfHI8m

What does it take to prepare @royalbirkdale for @TheOpen? We talked with course manager Sean McLean and @RandA agronomist Adam Newton about maintaining a world-class links, dune ecology, data collection, and more👇 Apple: apple.co/4vt0lgc Spotify: bit.ly/4he2yZy

The proof the Dodo Bird cartoon from 1926 was scaled and drawn properly…modern aerial aligned with the fit and flow of the original course. One unique golf experience! @USGA

Congratulations to Jon Jennings on earning the E.J. Marshall Platter for outstanding partnership preparing Shinnecock Hills for the U.S. Open. Hosting the U.S. Open at such an iconic venue as he prepares to retire after more than 40 years in course maintenance is truly special!

We had a FANTASTIC time connecting with @VirginiaFFA members at our #Turfgrass Research Center and Worsham Field during the 💯th State FFA Convention!

If you are interested in leading the USGA Greenkeeper Apprenticeship Program (GAP) at the Pinehurst location and working closely with the Green Section team, click below to learn more and apply 👇

I encourage you to be part of a special week for women’s golf at Riviera. Attend. Tune in. Post. Share.

Here's a great article detailing this year's @vtspes Alumni Award Winners: spes.vt.edu/news/2026-Alum… Thanks to these great alumni and friends of SPES for all that they have done and continue to do for our School. They exemplify Ut Prosim!

Take-all root rot (TARR) affects ultradwarf bermudagrass golf course putting greens. Qiyu Zhou, Brandi Merrick, and James Kerns investigated the influence of edaphic factors and source water characteristics on TARR incidence: doi.org/10.1094/PHP-05… @NCStateCALS

We are delighted to welcome Steve Wilson to our team of USGA agronomists. Steve will work with golf courses in the central U.S., where he has decades of experience in course maintenance 👇

Environmental Stress and Turfgrass Performance - a quick read about how the drought and suboptimal soil temperatures have impacted turfgrass growth and recovery, especially warm-season species, this spring in North Carolina. @KernsJim turfpathology.ces.ncsu.edu/news/environme…

Great opportunity to lead the USGA Greenkeeper Apprenticeship Program at the Pinehurst location and work closely with our team 👇

The quality of these aspiring turf pros is amazing. Makes me feel good about the future. #issueFilters=volume-64--issue-08&returnable" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">usga.org/content/usga/h…

Two extra USGA staff members will be on-site when the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball begins on Saturday! Get to know Colleen Shepard and Alisa White, who will team up at Daniel Island Club ⬇️

We are excited to welcome Heather Schapals @HeatherSchapals to our team of expert agronomists in the West Region. She brings a tremendous amount of knowledge and course maintenance experience to the role. Learn more about her 👇

The Musser International Turfgrass Foundation is proud to recognize Dr. Maureen Kahiu as the 2026 Award of Excellence! The prestigious award honors outstanding Ph.D. candidates in the final phase of their graduate studies. Congratulations @MaureenKahiu! herring-pumpkin-fnpz.squarespace.com/news/2026-muss…

Timely article as for we are seeing an uptick of creeping bentgrass samples in the lab perceived to be a disease, when it’s nothing more than this.

Congratulations to @ecakitchin who has received the inaugural Musser Masters Scholarship through the Musser International Turfgrass Foundation. We are very proud of the work she was able to accomplish with @VTTurfgrass as our first @TheVTF endowed GRA Student obtaining her M.S. degree and we continue to be excited about the projects she is currently working on for her Ph.D. and as a Research & Extension specialist at @IndependenceGC #VaTurf

Book a USGA Course Consulting Service visit before March 31 to secure expert, unbiased insights for the 2026 season and receive a $500 discount! Schedule today ➡️gsshop.usga.org/product/ccs-fu…