Mother Nature shows no favoritism when it comes to extreme weather on golf courses.
More than half the country is in the crosshairs of what the National Weather Service is calling one of the largest winter storms in recent memory. A surge of cold air plunging south from Canada is expected to collide with warm, moisture-laden air from the Gulf of Mexico, creating conditions forecast to produce record amounts of snow, sleet, and freezing rain from Texas to Maine through the weekend.
The system is expected to impact golf courses across the North, South, and Transition Zone.
Extended periods of cold, with overnight lows dipping into the single digits, are forecast to persist for at least the next week across much of the affected region. Those conditions raise concerns about potential long-term turf damage across a wide range of grass types and management zones.
To help superintendents prepare and respond, TurfNet offers on-demand webinars addressing winter injury across turf systems. Kevin Frank, Ph.D., of Michigan State University and Paul Koch, Ph.D., of the University of Wisconsin examine winter damage in cool-season turf, while Wendell Hutchens, Ph.D., of the University of Arkansas, and Brandon Horvath, Ph.D., cover winterkill in warm-season turf and throughout the Transition Zone.
All TurfNet University webinars are sponsored by LebanonTurf.