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Best evening ride on the golf course ever

October 15, 2015 By Matt Neff

Anyone who has kids knows that they ask a ton of questions, from the profound (Why are there wars?) to the decidedly not (How does your bottom make poop?). Other than correcting my 3-year-old son’s underwhelming grasp of the human ...

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Turfgrass research facilities: The core of the program

October 15, 2015 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

Turfgrass research field days are exciting times for university turfgrass programs. They are days when faculty, staff and students get to show off a little of what they know and what they are doing for the turf industry. From an ...

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Longtime Ohio superintendent killed in car collision

October 7, 2015 By Seth Jones

Sad news out of Cincinnati today: Terry Frey, 68, longtime superintendent of Beckett Ridge Golf Club in West Chester, Ohio, was killed when his maintenance vehicle was struck by a minivan on Tuesday morning. Frey had worked at the club ...

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A good start for Boydee
My son’s first time at the range

September 23, 2015 By Seth Jones

I was a few days away from my fourth-ever round at Pinehurst No. 2, and I was near rock bottom. If you played golf with me this summer, you know what I mean. ¶ And I apologize to those kind ...

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Return on investment: How to motivate your maintenance staff

September 23, 2015 By Mark Woodward

One of the most challenging parts of a golf course superintendent’s job has nothing to do with turfgrass management. It’s building a strong team of employees that you trust and that wants to stay with you for extended periods of ...

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Embracing change in the golf course industry

September 23, 2015 By Steven Wright

There have been a lot of job changes here in south Florida in 2015. I count more than 15 so far. The job carousel really has been spinning down here. Heck, I even got caught up in it myself. I ...

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