About TurfOps Weekly

TurfOps Weekly exists to better understand how modern turf operations are changing and what those changes actually mean for the people responsible for making them work.
Most industry coverage focuses on products, announcements, equipment launches, or end results. But the real story is usually happening underneath the surface. Inside maintenance shops. In staffing decisions. In workflow adjustments. In conversations about labor, reliability, budgets, weather, infrastructure, and the growing pressure to operate more efficiently with less margin for error.
That’s the space TurfOps Weekly is built around.
Created by Kurt TeWinkel after nearly a decade traveling North America working alongside golf course maintenance facilities, distributor networks, equipment managers, technicians, and industry professionals, TurfOps Weekly focuses on the operational side of golf and sports turf that often goes unnoticed.
Some stories explore autonomy, emerging technology, and the changing role of equipment. Others focus on operational friction, workflow, staffing realities, infrastructure challenges, sustainability, or the invisible work required to keep complex operations moving every day.
Because turf operations are changing.
Not all at once. Not evenly. And not always in the ways people expect.
TurfOps Weekly is not built around industry hype, product promotion, or predictions about some perfect version of the future. The goal is to think more clearly about where turf operations are headed, what pressures are shaping the industry, and how technology, labor, equipment, and operational expectations are evolving together.
At its core, TurfOps Weekly exists to document and interpret the operational reality behind modern turf management while maintaining respect for the people doing the work.
If you’re responsible for keeping an operation moving, interested in how modern turf systems actually function, or paying attention to where the industry is heading next, TurfOps Weekly is for you.