Keeping Desert Golf Courses Green

Throughout the Southwest, desert golf courses and sports fields are growing green thanks to UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences turfgrass scientists. Golf course superintendents, professional sports turf managers and commercial landscapers rely on research and expertise from the UA to maintain and manicure acres of lush, durable turf. UA faculty specialists in plant sciences, soil science, irrigation management, water quality, weed science, plant pathology and entomology host research activities at the UA Karsten Turfgrass Research Facility, north of campus. One project they are testing is heat-hardy grasses that thrive on salty water and only need irrigation every two weeks.