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Turfgrass management is the easy part

May 18, 2015 By
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
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
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
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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You get what you give: Local chapter participation is key

April 9, 2015 By
par•tic•i•pate | verb. a) to take part b) to have a part or share in something ¶ I pulled this from an old Webster’s dictionary, circa 1990. What does participation mean to today’s turf managers? I’ve always been involved. It ...

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Matt Neff : How I became a columnist for Golfdom

April 9, 2015 By
As a result of writing this column over the last two-plus years I’ve been extremely fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet and talk with many people in this business with whom I otherwise likely would’ve never crossed paths. ...

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