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Matt Shaffer on U.S. Open conditions

May 15, 2013 By
Matt Shaffer discusses the arrival of the 2013 U.S. Open, the weather leading up to the event, and what players will get when they find their ball in Merion’s rough (Here’s a hint: it won’t be perfect). Look for part ...

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Happy first anniversary, North Coast Media!

May 13, 2013 By
If you missed getting a card in the mail, that’s OK — it snuck up on us, too. North Coast Media celebrated its first anniversary recently. The Cleveland-based publishing company publishes Golfdom as well as Landscape Management, Pest Management Professional, ...

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Sunny days in Portland

May 9, 2013 By
Great to see my old friend Brian Koffler, superintendent at Waverley CC here in Portland. BK has the course looking great… I got some good photos I’ll post soon… ...

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Bayer CropScience Accepting Applications for the Healthy Turf, Healthy Tomorrow Plant Health Academy

May 8, 2013 By
A little late to this one today as I was on the golf course all morning… but here ya go: Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience, today announced that it is accepting applications from GCSAA Class A and superintendent ...

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Thoughts from 30,000 feet

May 7, 2013 By
A little bit of this and that as I make my way out west for the Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association annual meeting… One of the massive bunkers on the Doak 18 at Streamsong. First, some good news. We set ...

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A visit to CC of Orlando

May 3, 2013 By
I’m back from a week in overcast, rainy Florida. Back in Kansas, where it was snowing on May 2nd, when my flight landed last night (sheesh!) My last stop was at CC of Orlando, to visit my old friend Kasey ...

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