Weather, disease and a turfgrass mystery forced an 80-year old golf club to do something no golf course in this area has ever done. Starmount lost its greens in five days, keeping local superintendents and state turf pathologists up at night.

Greensboro, NC golf course experiences turfgrass mystery

These are anxious times for those who run golf courses in the area, and no course officials are more anxious than those at Starmount Forest Country Club. Weather, disease and a turfgrass mystery forced the 80-year old club to do something no golf course in this area has ever done. Starmount lost its greens in five days, sending a shockwave through the tight-knit golfing community and keeping local superintendents and state turf pathologists up at night.


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