The Smoking Gun …

We’ve got a potentially landmark privacy-rights court case in our own little green industry. It began when The Scotts Co. fired Scott Rodrigues of Massachusetts after a urinalysis indicated he used nicotine at home. Scotts says it’s trying to create ...

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What Are You Doing About Those Dang Deer?

Nothing runs into your car and damages it more like a deer. I’ve had several near misses over the years of hitting deer (or them hitting me), but I met my fate the other night. I buck ran smack in ...

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Global Warming: Fact or Fiction

Golfdom’s October cover story is on global warming. I interviewed several people for the story, and I was surprised at the diverse opinions people shared about the topic. Global warming, whether you believe in it or not, could impact the ...

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A Template For Managing Expectations

Certified superintendent Ralph Kepple should be every superintendent’s role model. And it’s not for pulling off a miraculous recovery of East Lake Golf Club’s bentgrass greens for the PGA Tour Championship following weeks of searing Atlanta heat, humidity and drought, ...

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What Playoffs?

No Phil at Cog Hill. Last week’s Deutsche Bank champion and FedExCup Points leader will sit out the third leg of the PGA Tour Playoffs to spend some time with his family. In stark contrast to other playoffs where athletes ...

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Important Enough To Tell The World

To me, most vanity license plates are just about the silliest and most self-absorbed thing you waste their money on. Oh sure, there are some clever and cute ones. A newlywed friend of my little brother has one that says ...

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