Green Committee

The Green Committee's mission is to promote awareness, respect, and understanding of course conditioning's overall importance to the game of golf. Committee activities to achieve these objectives include, but are not limited to:

Surveys
Seminars
Information Programs
Relationships with the USGA Green Section, Penn State University, Area golf course superintendent chapters, Golf course superintendents at WPGA Championship sites, Green committee chairs and course owners at Member Clubs, Pennsylvania Turfgrass Council, and Turfgrass-related industries.

WPGA Green Operations Survey

Annually, the Green Committee, on behalf of the Membership Committee, conducts a Greens Operations Study. The study is done in conjunction with area superintendents at WPGA Member Clubs. All Member Clubs are encouraged to submit a survey. Clubs are recognized for their participation, but the results of the questionnaire are kept anonymous and are reported in categories by overall club maintenance budget. All WPGA Member Clubs are welcome to the results of the study.

Contact the WPGA office by email or phone (412-826-2180) to obtain a copy of the study.

Local Golf Course Superintendents Association Chapters

USGA Green Section

Since its founding in 1920, the Green Section has led the USGA’s efforts to improve golf course playing conditions and sustainability through research, education, course consulting, technology tools and championship agronomy. The USGA’s investment in Green Section programs is estimated to save U.S. golf courses more than $1.9 billion each year as a result of reduced inputs and improved management practices.

USGA Green Section Course Consulting Service

First started in 1953, the Course Consulting Service (CCS) permits individual facilities to reap the benefits of on-site visits by highly skilled USGA agronomists located in Green Section offices throughout the country. Their experience helps golf course staff and officials produce the best possible golf turf for the dollars that can be spent. The CCS's purpose is not to tell anyone how to run a golf course or what products to buy. Rather, it seeks to bring a wealth of information and an impartial yet concerned perspective regarding turfgrass growth requirements, how these requirements might best be managed for golf, and ideas that other golf courses have found to be beneficial.

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Learn more about the USGA Green Section Course Consulting Service