North Carolina, United States: Envu has released the Fairway Protection Playbook, a free guide intended to help golf course superintendents manage diseases, insects, and weeds across both warm and cool-season turfgrass through earlier and more proactive intervention.

Developed by the Envu Green Solutions Team, the resource sets out soil temperature thresholds, application timing, and treatment recommendations designed to help turf managers act before pest pressure intensifies and before narrow treatment windows make control more difficult.

“Successful fairway performance is largely determined by decisions made before environmental and pest pressures intensify,” said Dr Zac Reicher of the Envu Green Solutions Team.

“Preventative applications help ensure golf course superintendents can strengthen the overall turf health, reduce cumulative stress and limit the establishment of diseases, insects and weeds that are difficult to control once symptoms appear,” he added.

Envu said the playbook is designed to help superintendents identify early-season warning signs, anticipate outbreaks before damage occurs, and maintain more consistent fairway conditions through targeted timing and product guidance.

*Envu is a member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation.