2019 Tour Championship Photo Parade

By |  August 27, 2019 0 Comments

The Golfdom team captured a few shots of the preparation work at East Lake Golf Club for the 2019 Tour Championship.

(Photo: Golfdom Staff)

The first two people we ran into at the Tour Championship: Bill Brown of Aqua-Aid Solutions and Ralph Kepple, CGCS, director of agronomy at East Lake Golf Club. Nice job sticking with the preferred local brand of beverage there, Bill! (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

(Photo: Golfdom Staff)

(Left to right) Karen Parker, Wally Gresham, Bulk Aggregate Golf, Bland Cooper, PGA Tour Agronomy, Charles Aubry, East Lake superintendent, and Evan Miller, Detroit CC superintendent, on a pleasant Atlanta morning the day before the Tour Championship teed off. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

(Photo: Golfdom Staff)

(Left to right) East Lake Superintendent Charles Aubry, Assistant Superintendent Davis Watts and Assistant Superintendent Dustin Bucher smile for a photo during one of the few quiet moments of tournament week. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

(Photo: Golfdom Staff)

East Lake GC Lead Horticulturist Jennifer McLaurin (left) gives Michigan State University student Connor Paul (center) and Michigan State’s Trey Rogers, Ph.D., a quick course on tree branch removal at East Lake. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

(Photo: Golfdom Staff)

The crew was all smiles as (left to right) Clayton Craig, Chris “Chuckles” Smith and Jay Dever took time to visit with us on Golfdom TV. We learned from the guys that the crew is like a family at East Lake and that yes, his nickname is Chuckles because he likes to laugh. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

(Photo: Golfdom Staff)

Golfdom Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones (left) Publisher Craig MacGregor (center) and Digital Editor Tyler Gunter (right) think they found their personal oasis — the 19th Hole at the Tour Championship. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

(Photo: Golfdom Staff)

Out to get a sneak preview of the course, Brown (left) and MacGregor looked like they were ready to join the field of 30 golfers and take a shot at that $15 million dollar purse. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

(Photo: Golfdom Staff)

Jones was able to cover more ground on his first day at East Lake compared to his colleagues. The benefit a ride makes — given by the gracious Dr. Trey Rogers of Michigan State — is hard to express, but can best be seen in the difference from one day’s Fitbit statistics to the next. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

(Photo: Golfdom Staff)

The divot crew was hard at work making sure East Lake’s Meyer Zoysia fairways were spotless. From left to right are Chris Sheffield, Auburn University, Connor Paul, Michigan State University, and Robert Mandrink, Michigan State University. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

(Photo: Golfdom Staff)

Digital Editor Tyler Gunter (left) took a timeout from snapping pics to get to know Eamonn McCarthy, golf course superintendent at Country Club de Bogota in Bogotá, Colombia. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

(Photo: Golfdom Staff)

Chris Notestine, Walnut Creek GC (left), and Mike Mosquera, University of Florida GC, were in charge of monitoring greens moisture on greens 1, 3, 7, 10, 13 and 14 during the Tour Championship. No. 3 green was their favorite (“bulletproof” was the language they used), while No. 14 was consistently the driest of their bunch. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

(Photo: Golfdom Staff)

Megan Ashley, an intern from Michigan State University, rides shotgun with Corey Finn, a native New Zealander who travels all the way from the United Arab Emirates — specifically Saadiyat Beach GC in Abu Dhabi — to volunteer at the Tour Championship. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

Photo: Golfdom Staff; John Deere

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