When watching golf on television, it is not uncommon to see bright white bunker sand that vividly contrasts with dark green manicured turf surrounds. Some may assume that white bunker sand provides ...

Start talking turf with a superintendent and it isn’t long before you’re deep in the weeds. Sand is a similarly immersive topic; an avalanche of granular detail awaits. The most famous sand in golf is ...

The Lido at Sand Valley Resort, opened this June, has been one of the most anticipated and publicized new course debuts in recent years. The reason is twofold. The first is because it’s an uncommonly ...

In the heart of Wisconsin’s Central Sands, where ancient dunes ripple across 12,000 untamed acres, Sand Valley Golf Resort rises from the landscape like a dream. This is golf in its purest form—firm, ...

The golf resort boom over the last decade has given golfers an ever-expanding number of options for trips. From iconic standouts like Pinehurst and Pebble Beach to new favorites like Streamsong and ...

Ed. note: Welcome to Super Secrets, a new GOLF.com series in which we’re picking the brains of the game’s leading superintendents. By illuminating how course maintenance crews ply their trades, we’re ...

Everything has to come from somewhere. So it is that a small company in south Arkansas has become a leading producer of sand. Not "Lawrence of Arabia" sand or time-is-running-out sand or ...

Hawaii is known worldwide for its beautiful beaches, but most local golf courses import their sand from Vietnam or California. In fact, golf-course and athletic-field constructors prefer the more ...