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