Along with death and taxes, aerified greens are a certainty of life. Golfers don’t love them. Superintendents get no special pleasure from them either. But aerifying is a crucial practice. What makes ...

Aside from being crestfallen, the Etiquettiest’s pal was peeved. The course, he said, had not warned him in advance. Nor was it offering discounted greens fees. And so there he stood on the ...