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How climate change is impacting the game of golf

May 19, 2025 By
With climate change, we have focused on its impact on turf management. But what may be the effect of climate change on the game of golf itself? ...

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Benton Hodges

Pardon My Tech: Finding your robotic mower readiness score

May 15, 2025 By
Benton Hodges has been working on a “robotic mower readiness score,” breaking down eight barriers to full-course adoption of autonomous mowers. ...

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Keeping up with the Jones: It’s a great time for golf

May 1, 2025 By
Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones sits down to discuss the thriving golf industry, his own trips to pro tournaments and more. ...

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Dollar spot disease symptoms on an ultradwarf bermudagrass putting green (Photo: Maria Tomaso-Peterson)

Off the record: An update on the USDA-funded dollar spot work group

April 17, 2025 By
The USDA NC1208 project, involving numerous universities and research institutions, aims to enhance the management of dollar spot in turfgrass through a series of interconnected objectives focusing on the disease’s biology, epidemiology and management.  The five-year project has five objectives, ...

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Deere believes its autonomous fairway mower will gain some ground in 2021, after 2020 got off to a slow start due to the pandemic. (Photo: John Deere)

What does “autonomous” really mean when it comes to mowers?

April 14, 2025 By
The conversation around autonomous mowing has never been louder, but much of it is clouded by confusion over terminology, with important nuances getting lost in the noise. ...

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Long Drive Champion Kyle Berkshire at the Creator Classic at TPC Sawgrass (Photo: Golfdom staff)

Keeping up with the Jones: Hanging with the YouTubers and TikTokers

April 3, 2025 By
While at the Players Championship last month, I saw again how these influencers are … influencing … the game’s fandom. ...

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