Shifts in maintained turf acreage documented

We periodically remind you about how dramatically a small reduction in maintained turf acreage can affect financial, water, fertilizer, pesticide and labor costs. Based on the dramatic results from a recent survey of U.S. golf courses, superintendents across the country are jumping on this strategy. For U.S. 18-hole facilities, the acreage of maintained turf was reduced from 99 to 95 acres over the past 10 years, though some regions, such as the Southwest and Pacific regions, can boast of even…