Ballantyne Resort- Charlotte, N.C.

Touted by PGA Magazine as a “Great Golf Resort of the World” the year the course opened in 1998, Ballantyne Resort is a public, par-71, five-star championship golf course set in the Ballantyne community of South Charlotte.

Golf course superintendent Paul Stroman coordinates a maintenance staff of 12 to manage the 6,700 yards of turf and the challenges posed by 35,000 annual golf rounds.

“Our cultural practices are backed up with careful consideration when choosing fungicides to maintain and enhance our L93 bentgrass greens,” said Stroman. “Insignia fungicide has become a reliable product in our fungicide program when we’re faced with pythium pressure.”

Ballantyne began using Insignia® fungicide in the spring and fall of 2005, after the identification of a southeastern pythium root disfunction disease that can result in poor performance and bentgrass decline in the summer months. Insignia is now the primary fungicide used on greens for the prevention of pythium root disfunction.

“As a 28-day product, Insignia has provided the prevention of this root-inhibiting fungi and also suppresses brown patch, which are two primary concerns when managing bentgrass greens in the southeastern region,” said Stroman.