The USGA Green Section was formed in 1920 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the USGA in an effort to provide impartial and authoritative agronomic information to golf course officials. The USGA Green Section is the foremost authority on golf course management and is the largest contributor towards university-based turfgrass research in the world. As part of the USGA's Turf Advisory Service, the Director of the Mid-Atlantic region of the Green Section, Stan Zontec visits Willow Oaks twice a year to bring a wealth of information and an impartial yet concerned perspective regarding turfgrass growth requirements, how these requirements might best be managed for golf, and ideas that other golf courses have found to be beneficial. Stan is the longest tenured employee of the Green Section and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to every site visit. Every week, the USGA Green Section sends out updates and articles that can benefit golf courses. Here is a great article from the USGA Green Section concerning Putting Green Performance.
You can find a lot more information at http://www.usga.org/Course.aspx?id=7800
