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Too far in protecting par?

April 12, 2018 By Sean Tully

With the recent news that Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, N.Y., will see its fairways narrowed for the 2018 U.S. Open, we again encounter the effort to protect par by narrowing the golf course. After recent work by Bill Coore ...

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Grow light use is, well, growing

April 12, 2018 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

Sunlight is one of the holy grails of turf, one that golf course superintendents recognize as an essential element for overall turf health. Trees are the most common culprits in causing low-light conditions. There are numerous reasons why trees appeared ...

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Message in the ceiling

April 12, 2018 By Seth Jones

Recently a new Guinness world record was set when a 132-year-old message in a bottle was discovered on a beach in Australia. The bottle was thrown from a German ship into the Indian Ocean in 1886 as part of a ...

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The Masters: A first-timer’s perspective

April 6, 2018 By Seth Jones

There was an empty space at a table near Amen Corner, room for two more Masters patrons. So Golfdom publisher Craig MacGregor politely asked the two men having lunch if we could join them. “Not a problem,” said one of ...

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Impressions of 2018’s Golf Industry Show

March 26, 2018 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

Returning from GIS 2018 this past month, an email from Golfdom Managing Editor Abby Hart was waiting for me, reminding me of my March column deadline. What better time, I thought, to write on my impressions of GIS in San ...

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Photos: Abby Hart, Grant Gannon, Ed Hiscock

Summarizing the Summit

March 26, 2018 By Kelly Limpert

Part 2 of our 2017 Golfdom Summit recap has a central theme: “Better conditions with less maintenance.” Read part 1 here. Ted Fist, head of U.S. business operations for Capillary Concrete, is someone you might consider a “first-time caller, longtime ...

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