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Removing Problem Plants From the Landscape

In January 2026, we began removing a number of trees and shrubs from the left side of #7 to eliminate overcrowding and to improve not only aesthetics, but sustainability. The majority of plants on the chopping block - literally - were Leyland Cypresses. Because they are fast growers and have a naturally pyramidal form, they have been overplanted in the landscape as screens and hedgerows; however, they are nonnative, shallow-rooted, short-lived, and prone to a host of unpreve

Jan 301 min read

Outreach and Education: Collaborating With VT Ph.D. Student in Fungicide Trial

Ellie Kitchin, Precision Agriculture and Plant Pathology Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech, began treatment trials here at Bayville Golf Club for Take-All Root Rot in 2025. Using several different products and even employing the use of a drone for disease detection and data collection, she visits the property once every 30 days to monitor our Burmuda fairway on #9. Take-All Root Rot ( Gaumannomyces graminis ), otherwise known as TARR, is a serious soil-borne fungal disease that

Jan 301 min read