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Three things learned from Hector Mejia

February 14, 2012 By
Last week while I was at Pebble Beach, I took an early-morning ride along with Hector, a member of the crew at Pebble for 15 years. Here are three things I learned from Hector: 1. To catch gophers, you need ...

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Graffis BPOTY part 3 — future water savings at Pasatiempo

February 13, 2012 By
Here is part three, the final part of our three-part series with Paul Chojnacky, superintendent at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif., and the winner of the 2012 Herb Graffis Business Person of the Year award. In this final ...

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Back from Pebble

February 10, 2012 By
I’m back from Pebble Beach… got some great photos, a couple great interviews. A big thanks to Chris Dalhamer and Jack Holt for the hospitality. Here’s a shot of the crew before they went out on Wednesday morning. Hole No. ...

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Sunrise at Pebble

February 8, 2012 By
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Local celebrities at the AT&T

February 8, 2012 By
Sent from my iPhoneHere’s a pic of me and Jack Holt, assistant super out at Pebble Beach, and the dogs. Everybody likes seeing the dogs roll by on the course, they’re four-legged celebrities, right up there with Michael Bolton. Jack ...

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I like dags

February 7, 2012 By
Sorry, I’m still quoting “Snatch” even after being back from London for two weeks now… Ran into Jack Holt, the longtime assistant superintendent out here at Pebble. Nabbed a photo with him, I’ll post it soon. It was the first ...

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