UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Aug. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - While they are on opposite sides of the country, Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in New York and California's Pebble Beach Golf Club have at least two things in common. They are both hosting the U.S. Open Golf tournament and they both now seed their greens with a weed that most of the nation's golf clubs spent decades eradicating.
With professional golf season in full swing, David Huff, professor of turfgrass breeding and genetics at Penn State, says that seven out of the top 10 courses are using Poa, a type of grass that was once considered a weed - and his startup, PennPoa, is playing a critical role in making the grass t...