Poor weather conditions a pain in the grass for area golf courses – InForum

FARGO — Rick Dauner has been the superintendent at Village Green Golf Course in Moorhead since 1990. Jason Spitzner has held the same job at Edgewood Golf Course in Fargo for the last 25 years. Even the veteran masters of grass felt helpless this spring.Murphy’s “what can go wrong” law threw superintendents a massive curve ball and no course private or public has been spared. It’s a matter as to what degree. The problem: A lack of snow over the winter combined with colder temperatures in early April turned normally vibrant fairway grass into dotted brown blotches. Add to that