This past summer we worked with an intern from NC State University, Cooper Hall. Cooper is a great guy and has been part of this team for the last 4 years, since he was in high school. This summer, I had him collect data and observations of putting greens. It started with a daily stimpmeter reading in addition to smoothness and firmness tests. We also weighed clipping yields every morning which gave us insight into our growth regulator/fertility programs. You can also see weather data and general notes. This information is useful in seeing how our management practices affect putting green quality. In a future post, I'll get into specifics of what was learned from this data.