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Golfdom tops industry with 16 TOCA awards

May 22, 2015 By Grant Gannon

Golfdom Wins Industry-Leading 16 Communications Awards from the Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association North Coast Media is pleased to announce Golfdom continues to be recognized for its outstanding editorial and design leadership by the Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association (TOCA), ...

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Lunch with a legend

May 18, 2015 By Seth Jones

So there I am, having lunch with Tom Watson the Friday before the Masters. ¶ Wait, wait… let me back up. To quote Ron Burgundy, “that escalated quickly.” ¶ I’m at my local driving range chatting with the owner, Jeff ...

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Turfgrass management is the easy part

May 18, 2015 By Mark Woodward

As I read the March issue of Golfdom I noticed the interview with Assistant Superintendent Cameron Watt from British Columbia, Canada. Cameron was asked if there was anything that surprised him about the golf industry. He said that what surprised ...

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Back to the future

May 18, 2015 By Joel Jackson

Last summer I wrote about the complex water regulatory system in California and since then Gov. Jerry Brown went to the mountaintop and discovered much to his surprise that he couldn’t even build a snowman because of the skimpy snow ...

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Hanging out with crabgrass: More than a weed

May 18, 2015 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

Crabgrass is a ubiquitous weed of turf. Germination starts in January or February in the southern United States and it appears throughout the northern areas in spring as temperatures warm. But crabgrass is more than a weed we treat with ...

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The chasm between golf and soccer

April 9, 2015 By Seth Jones

Spring is here, meaning that on Saturday mornings you can find me on one of three soccer fields at Laws Field in Eudora, Kan. I coach youth soccer. My daughter Evey plays on a 1st/2nd grade team, while my son Boyd ...

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