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About Stacie Zinn Roberts
Stacie Zinn Roberts is a winner of multiple TOCA awards and is a frequent contributor to Golfdom. She lives in Mount Vernon, Wash.
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From Eisenhower’s 800 rounds in eight years to Obama’s wedding crashing, golf and the POTUS has a long, rich history. A helicopter circles overhead. The thump, thump, thump of its Read more»
How early order programs benefit your course and the industry From course to course, challenges differ. Even courses that border each other have unique challenges despite their close proximity. The Read more»
When Joe Kennedy, CGCS, compares a healthy turf plant to a marathon runner, he knows what he’s talking about. He’s been the superintendent at Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn., Read more»
Brad Burgess has appreciated the benefits of zoysiagrass since he first encountered this family of grasses when he was a young superintendent working at a golf course in a remote Read more»
Core aerification is a vital practice at many courses. But for some cool-season grass courses, it’s a thing of the past. The sewer ditch was 5 feet deep, 30 feet Read more»
Some superintendents fish. Others hunt. Most play a little golf, heck, that’s almost unavoidable. But others invest in classic heavy metal — hot cars that get the blood pumping. Whether Read more»