No one likes showing up to the local golf course only to find millions of little holes punched into the fairways and greens. To most golfers, golf course aeration, as it’s known, is a necessary evil ...

Welcome to Super Secrets, a GOLF.com series in which we pick the brains of the game’s leading superintendents. By illuminating how course maintenance crews ply their trades, we’re hopeful we can not ...

People often ask the question, "Should I aerate or not?” The question is most frequently asked by those who play golf, probably because they see the courses aerated at different times of the year.

IT’S A NECESSARY evil and on the rare occasions it occurs, it can make golfers grumble. I’m talking about the traditionally biannual aeration of greens, teeboxes and fairways on golf courses. After ...

As summer aeration programs for bermudagrass putting greens nears an end, one trend that gained popularity this year is double aeration. Golf course superintendents, golf professionals, general ...

Golfers aren’t the only ones who hate it when superintendents aerate greens. “We hate it, too, believe me,” said Dick Zepp, who served as superintendent at Cyprian Keyes GC in Boylston for 20 years ...

For many golf professionals, the bane of their existence is coming, and for others, it's already here. Despite many area courses being in peak condition right now during moderate summer season, the ...

Here we are, the golf season’s just getting cranked up, the Masters has gotten everyone excited, and the temperatures are warm enough to play almost every day. It’s a golf fanatic’s favorite time of ...

AERATION OF GREENS at Discovery Bay Golf Club near Port Townsend will result in some schedule adjustments for the venerable course. A full-day closure is planned Tuesday, with the course’s front nine ...