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Turf tourism
Flights and favorite turf photos of 2019
At the end of every year, I like to look at my flight map and at some of my favorite turf photos. In 2019 I was on 56 flights over 161,473 km (100,335 miles).
Micah Woods
2020-01-02
4 min read
Grass on the Kumamoto City Tram lines
I went for a walk in Kumamoto yesterday morning to take a few photos of the grass on the Kumamoto City Tram. This page shows how the grass sections are installed.
Micah Woods
2019-09-07
1 min read
Turf color, consistency, and the oldest course in Thailand
Last month I made a trip to Hua Hin and visited two of the fine golf courses there—Royal Hua Hin GC and Banyan GC (now Pineapple Valley GC Hua Hin).
Micah Woods
2019-06-05
3 min read
Half-aerified greens; sodded fairway stripes; with other interesting and informative matters
Mike Richardson shared an image of aerifying half a green at a time. The purpose of this, the superintendent said, was to always have a good surface for the hole.
Micah Woods
2019-03-19
4 min read
A golfers' paradise
From June of 1932, when he arrived in Tokyo, until the war between the United States and the Empire of Japan began in December 1941, Joseph Grew served as the United States Ambassador to Japan.
Micah Woods
2019-01-28
15 min read
Flights and favorite turf photos of 2018
As I say at the end of every year, it was another extraordinary year for studying grass around the world. In 2018 I took 107 flights for a total distance of 314,748 km (195,575 miles).
Micah Woods
2019-01-20
4 min read
Botanizing at Nippon Treasure Links
There are a couple amazing courses that you won’t find on the usual maps of golf clubs in Japan. Most golfers I talked with this year had no idea that there were courses there.
Micah Woods
2018-10-10
4 min read
Shopping for magazines in 7-11 at 4 a.m.
On August 23 at 4 a.m., Andrew McDaniel and I walked into a 7-11 in Fukuoka to get the latest issue of Weekly Golf Digest. Golf magazines in Japan are pretty amazing to begin with.
Micah Woods
2018-09-14
4 min read
Piper and Pebble Beach
Last week I was in California for the U.S. Amateur Championship at Pebble Beach. I was running on a trail in the Del Monte Forest on Saturday when I came to an open area called The Meadow.
Micah Woods
2018-08-20
2 min read
Par Golf's Impact manga, media, and golf course maintenance
There is a really interesting manga comic this year in the Japanese weekly パーゴルフ (Par Golf) magazine. Newest edition is on the shelves. This manga is definitely getting a bit interesting.
Micah Woods
2018-03-31
2 min read
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