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Superintendent attacked while opening shop

August 7, 2014 By Seth Jones

Bob Cook, superintendent at Walden on Lake Houston in Humble, Texas, was attacked by a man while he was sitting in his office in the early morning hours last week. The attacker punched Cook, dragged him over his desk and ...

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A post-Open reminder that freedom isn’t free

July 23, 2014 By Seth Jones

I landed in Kansas City following a week attending the 2014 U.S. Open. I was feeling proud of the coverage Golfdom delivered to subscribers of our e-newsletters. There could always be more, but for the most part, I was self-satisfied. ...

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The Road Hole Bunker caper

July 23, 2014 By Mark Woodward

Several years ago my family had the opportunity to go to Scotland for a vacation. Actually, the main purpose of the trip was for my father, son and I to play golf at the Old Course at St. Andrews. We ...

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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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