Midnight Sun Golf Course – Fairbanks, Alaska
At 64° North, just outside Fairbanks, Midnight Sun Golf Course plays as America’s northernmost USGA course — on permafrost, under the midnight sun, and through winters that test the limits of what any turf can survive.
This past season brought one of the hardest tests yet: the second coldest winter in the recorded history of Fairbanks, with weeks of sustained −40°F. Superintendent Keith Nadon had every reason to wonder whether his greens would make it to spring.
Under GreenJacket Impermeable Covers paired with the AFS — Air Flow System — every green went into that winter sealed against ice, wind, and desiccation. Then came the long wait, and the moment every superintendent knows: pulling the covers, and reading the surface underneath.
What Keith found is the heart of the Midnight Sun Field Report — a result he rated in his own words, and a spring he did not take for granted. Read the full story of how one of golf’s most extreme courses met the coldest edge of the season, and what came out on the other side.
The full Visual Field Report is available below.
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