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Our podcasts cover practical topics like #MLSN soil test interpretation, #ClipVol measurement, #OM246 testing, and modern approaches to topdressing, mowing, and irrigation. Join turfgrass scientists and superintendents from around the world to discuss what works, why it works, and how to measure results.

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The ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods

I discuss ATC blog posts, with supplementary information, stories, and the reasons why I thought the topic was worth writing about, and worth reading about. Thus, a doublecut of these topics. This covers grass selection, playability, and all the work done to create a certain type of turfgrass surface.

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ATC Office Hours

I discuss technical turfgrass topics with turfgrass managers, scientists, greenkeepers, and whoever drops by the ATC office hours. There's a lot of talk about the work done to create playing surfaces for golf, and also about growing grass for sporting surfaces of all sort, and also some talk of lawns.

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Turf Without Borders

When I visit golf courses, I ask a standard series of questions about grass types, mowing heights, maintenance work, and site-specific maintenance challenges. In this show, I speak with turfgrass managers around the world, asking them the same questions about the work at their location.

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Latest Episodes

#202 of The ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods

Why you should know standard sand amounts but not necessarily copy them, with Brian Whitlark

Brian Whitlark joined me to talk about sand topdressing of putting greens and especially about sand amounts.The blog post we discussed is: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/standard-sand-amounts/Listen to Brian's recent appearance on the Frankly Speaking podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/lt/podcast/firm-fast-desert-with-brian-whitlark/id1793571091?i=1000743219832OM246 calculator web app with sand quantity conversion calculator: https://asianturfgrass.shinyapps.io/om246/How to measure topdressing rates: https://youtu.be/6LurONpyg5M?si=LW4IPwzzXbVAOn-mManaging salinity in putting greens article by Brian: https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/course-care/green-section-record/64/issue-08/managing-salinity-in-putting-greens.htmlTerminology of turfgrass organic matter: https://youtu.be/tMfby5xR2IM?si=8aOQ-Ju6A_cLib8MWhitlark and Thompson article from 2019 on topdressing: http://gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/ticpdf.py?file=/article/whitlark-thompson-light-5-3-19.pdfRead more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/Find a suite of decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/Get free ATC newsletters at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/

#201 of The ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods

Competition, stress, disturbance, species, strategies, and Grime

High maintenance turf often requires a high disturbance and high stress environment. Grime's CSR theory says there are "no viable strategies" for plants in such an environment. I discuss the implications of this.Blog post discussed is https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/competition-stress-disturbance/Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/Find a suite of decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/Get free ATC newsletters at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/

#200 of The ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods

Downward trend in OM2 and varying sand and N rates by green with T-Jay Creamer

T-Jay Creamer is the golf course superintendent at Olympic View Golf Club on Vancouver Island. He's seen a steady decrease in OM2 in response to his N and sand rates, along with substantially more consistent OM2 values green to green. We discussed the results and what he does to accomplish this.The blog post we discussed is https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/gvx-and-sand/The OM246 calculator Shiny app is https://asianturfgrass.shinyapps.io/om246/Exact sand topdressing rates https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/sand-topdressing-measurement-by-exact-methods/Three ways to measure sand https://youtu.be/6LurONpyg5MRead more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/Find a suite of decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/Get free ATC newsletters at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/

#199 of The ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods

Averages, river crossings, fescue, nutrients, spot spraying, and snow mold with Jason Haines

Jason Haines is the Links Superintendent at Cabot Cape Breton. We had a wide ranging conversation about blog posts from 2025, a new #MLSN article, controlling snow mold, things that look easy but aren't easy, and more.The blog post we discussed is https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/ten-posts-no-one-read-in-2025/The spring 2026 article in GreenMaster about MLSN: https://online.flipbuilder.com/gbcmagazine/rpae/#p=16Video with Jason that shows the control of snow mold on greens in BC with minimal pesticides: https://youtu.be/L8Q8v5SAzSo?si=Jm8Vinz6fKZImH3PRead more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/Find a suite of decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/Get free ATC newsletters at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/

#198 of The ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods

Firmness, sand, and zoysiagrass with Stewart Naugler

Stewart Naugler is the Director of Agronomy at Loraloma in Texas. We talked about zoysiagrass as a golfing surface, playability, and maintenance requirements. We started by discussion my "Achieving the warm-season links" article, available here: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/publication/woods-2013-gca/Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/Find a suite of decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/Get free ATC newsletters at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/

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Micah Woods

Host of The ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods