Miller talks end of LPGA agronomist, beginning of field staff

I’ve had the good fortune of knowing John Miller, CGCS, soon-to-be former GCSAA LPGA staff agronomist, for a few years now. I even had the pleasure of shadowing him while he was on the job at the 2008 Kraft Nabisco ...

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Leach says woman sat in 35-degree water for two hours

So much for a slow Monday after Christmas, Greg Leach, assistant superintendent at Lubbock (Texas) CC, said. Leach arrived at the course around 7 a.m. and was enjoying what he called a “slow Monday after Christmas” at the course when ...

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Assistant super rescues woman from pond

Greg Leach, assistant superintendent at Lubbock (Texas) CC, made the news by rescuing a woman from a vehicle crashed into a course pond. “First I thought she was dead,” Leach told KCBD News in Lubbock. http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=13745340 ...

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Tragic news out of Texas A&M

Dr. J. Chris Stiegler, assistant professor of turfgrass science and ecology at Texas A&M, and his wife, Jenny, both died in a car wreck on Christmas Eve near Waco, Texas. Their infant daughter Emily has been upgraded from critical to ...

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Happy holidays from your friends at Golfdom!

Hi everyone! In case you haven’t heard yet, there’s a new editor-in-chief of Golfdom magazine… and yeah, it’s that guy sitting on the couch wearing the Chiefs jersey right there… that’s me, Seth Jones. (GO CHIEFS!!!) I’m excited to be ...

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What Happened to the Green Filters on the TV Cameras at Pebble Beach?

When I watched the U.S. Open on television and saw Pebble Beach Golf Links — you know, the course a lot of people were saying looked lousy because the greens weren’t green — I thought of something United States Golf ...

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