Columns

The turf routine: What defines healthy turf?

January 22, 2015 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

I was at the British Turf Management Exhibition (BTME) in Harrogate, England, a year or so ago when I listened to a speaker talk about the golf swing. He identified three distinct aspects of hitting a golf shot — the ...

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Getting the most from a Primo application

January 22, 2015 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Dean Mosdell, Ph.D., is a technical manager in the Western U.S. for Syngenta. He has more than 25 years of golf course research experience with plant growth regulators and makes numerous golf course visits every year on behalf of Syngenta ...

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Top four moments of 2014

December 16, 2014 By Seth Jones

If I keep saying it, you might stop believing it. But this year, my fourth year with Golfdom, was my best year yet. ¶ I know, I said that last year. And probably the year before, too. ¶ But read ...

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Remember the bad penny?

December 16, 2014 By Ed Hiscock

As I sit down to write this column, which I guess amounts to my return of sorts to the golf course maintenance industry, it suddenly occurs to me that it’s exactly four years to the day since I left the ...

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Don’t look back, you’re not going that way

December 16, 2014 By Mark Woodward

What’s more important? Looking ahead or looking back? ¶ I’d argue that in the golf business there is value in both but I’m choosing to focus on the future of our industry and not get too hung up on what’s ...

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The “Lowe”– down on 2014

December 16, 2014 By Joel Jackson

In keeping with the theme of this issue, which is “Year in Review” according to my official 2014 Golfdom Editorial Calendar, I decided to contact Todd Lowe, senior agronomist with the USGA Green Section, to ask him not only about ...

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