Leaf tip burn after a typhoon
September 23, 2022
There must have been a lot of salt in the air when a typhoon passed over Itoshima in western Japan. Keya Golf Club sits about 500 meters from the ocean, and has japanese lawngrass (Zoysia japonica) rough and manilagrass (Zoysia matrella) tees, fairways, and greens.
Course superintendent Andrew McDaniel sent me photos and a message that "tips of leaf blades got burnt from typhoon winds."
Presumably this tip burn is caused by salt spray. Winds at the weather station in…