Photo of the week: shade, bermudagrass, and winter kill

I saw some winter kill on golf courses in Virginia as I made my way up the East Coast after the Masters Tournament. Jeff Whitmire, CGCS, shared this photo with me showing where winterkill occurred. This is a 'Tifway' hybrid bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon x C. transvaalensis) fairway, and the view is looking generally east. The trees at the right side of the image are on the southern side of this fairway. In the northern hemisphere, trees to the south mean…