"A mysterious green residue started coating golfers’ shoes last spring at Rye Golf Club. Players joked about wiping the  gunk off, but angry questions mounted as the lush course transformed into a field of dustbowls.

Within weeks all 18 putting greens closed, and the Westchester County enclave fell into chaos. Members demanded thousands of dollars in refunds, threatening to sue the city-owned club as turf experts combed it for clues.

The seemingly local crisis with political infighting, however, has grown into a regional environmental toxic time bomb as the Rye scandal triggered an investigation by The Journal News/lohud.com into the sale, distribution and use of pesticides."

David Robinson reports for Lower Hudson Valley Journal News July 27, 2016. [2]