Columns

What if?

January 6, 2011 By
Editor’s note — Today Pat Roberts, publisher of Golfdom, checks in to talk the impending new GCSAA CEO announcement… and something the association should consider doing. I’m waiting for the big announcement on the new CEO of GCSAA — if ...

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How clear is your crystal ball?

January 5, 2011 By
That was a question asked to me today. An industry person wanted to know what my expectations for the golf industry in 2011 were. My first thought was, “Wow, you want to know what I think?” My second thought was, ...

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Hendren’s Hyperbole! Episode 1 — Fantasy versus Reality

January 4, 2011 By
Editor’s note: Beginning with this installment, the Golfdom blog will feature a regular column from Matt Hendren, a superintendent for the city of Kansas City, Kan., and all-around golf nut. Welcome to the inaugural entry to Hendren’s Hyperbole! This will ...

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Cloud, Pavlasek named GCSAA field staff

January 4, 2011 By
Congrats to Brian Cloud of Cloud Golf Services and Richard Pavlasek, CGCS, for being named GCSAA’s newest field staff reps. Cloud will serve the South Central region (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico and Louisiana) while Pavlasek gets the sweet, sweet ...

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Fort Collins super earns DSA

January 3, 2011 By
Congrats to Grant Yaklich (pictured), Fort Collins (Colo.) CC superintendent, who was presented the Rocky Mountain Regional Turfgrass Association’s 2010 Distinguished Service Award at its annual conference and trade show in Denver recently. A former president of the RMRTA, Yaklich ...

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GCSAA 2011 plan and budget

December 30, 2010 By
Jim Fitzroy, CGCS, president of GCSAA, just sent out a tome of an email regarding the 2011 GCSAA plan and budget. The entirety of that email is below. Look for Golfdom to be covering much of what Jim talks about ...

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