Columns

Keeping an “Open” mind when golfing

July 23, 2014 By Joel Jackson

Watching the back-to-back men’s and women’s U.S. Opens took me down memory lane to the days when I worked at Disney and we hosted the Oldsmobile Scramble and Disney Classic back-to-back. Many challenges can pop up when hosting events back-to-back. ...

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The Turf Doc: Down and out in the terminal

July 23, 2014 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

I have been fortunate to be able to travel both nationally and internationally for most of my professional life. Travel can be both enjoyable and unenjoyable at the same time. I thought I would provide some insight about the good ...

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Clark Talks Turf… plots

July 22, 2014 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

I had the good fortune to spend two days earlier this week looking at turf research plots with Zac Reicher, Ph.D., Bill Kreuser, Ph.D., Matt Sousek and Luqi Li of the University of Nebraska. Zac and Matt have 55 field ...

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Hello from the U.S. Open: This place is The Pit

June 23, 2014 By Seth Jones

I have had the good fortune to stay in some pretty nice places in just the few years I’ve been working for Golfdom: Trump Towers in Chicago; The Rittenhouse in Philadelphia; The May Fair in London, to name a few ...

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Joel Jackson: Golf’s positive impact on the economy

June 23, 2014 By Joel Jackson

Every spring I make a Joel’s Journey through Florida covering six to seven traditional chapter events. These are their primary fundraisers for the year. That got me thinking about the We Are Golf report that talked about the economic impact ...

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The lifesaving power of a selfless act

June 23, 2014 By Matt Neff

“I want to buy a house with you before I die.” Those were the words Megan McDaniel said to her husband Jay, superintendent at Kinsale Golf and Fitness Club in Columbus, Ohio, in early 2012 — not even a year ...

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