U.S. Open photo parade: People we saw

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The 2016 U.S. Open is underway at Oakmont! Check out some of our favorite moments from our day on the course.

People we saw

(L to R) Mike Davis, USGA CEO; Stuart Francis, USGA Executive Committee; and Darin Bevard, USGA Director of Championship Agronomy discuss green speeds.

People we saw

Winged Foot GC West Course Superintendent Bill Cyan chats with Gil Hanse, ASGCA.

People we saw

Tom Marzolf, ASGCA, helps with course set-up for the day.

People we saw

(L to R) Jacobsen Regional Sales Manager Mike Pena; Jacobsen President David Withers, and Andy Billing, Krigger and Co.

People we saw

Your 2018 and 2019 U.S. Open host superintendents — Jon Jennings (Shinnecock Hills) and Chris Dalhamer (Pebble Beach).

People we saw

Withers and Pena take a moment to chat with Oakmont’s Dave Delsandro.

People we saw

Local boy and 2003 U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk (from West Chester, Pa.)

People we saw

The guys observe how No. 9 green — which doubles as the practice putting green — is accepting shots.

People we saw

Golfdom EIC Seth Jones takes a selfie with the Ohio State University’s Mike O’Keeffe.

Mike O'Keeffe

Another Seth selfie — this one with John Zimmers of Oakmont.

People we saw

Two legends of grass growing: Matt Shaffer and Richard Bator.

 

Photos: Golfdom

 

 

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About the Author: Seth Jones

Seth Jones, a 18-year veteran of the golf industry media, is Editor-in-Chief of Golfdom magazine and Athletic Turf. A graduate of the University of Kansas School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Jones began working for Golf Course Management in 1999 as an intern. In his professional career he has won numerous awards, including a Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association (TOCA) first place general feature writing award for his profile of World Golf Hall of Famer Greg Norman and a TOCA first place photography award for his work covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In his career, Jones has accumulated an impressive list of interviews, including such names as George H.W. Bush, Samuel L. Jackson, Lance Armstrong and Charles Barkley. Jones has also done in-depth interviews with such golfing luminaries as Norman, Gary Player, Nick Price and Lorena Ochoa, to name only a few. Jones is a member of both the Golf Writers Association of America and the Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association. Jones can be reached at sjones@northcoastmedia.net.


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