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SOI 2017: Taking creative courses

December 5, 2017 By
Superintendents continue to look at practical places to lessen labor and inputs. Because Sarasota’s TPC Prestancia is located within a residential community, its course maintenance staff can’t reduce turf as much as it would prefer, as homeowners would rather have ...

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Tips for building a stronger core

November 20, 2017 By
As the author has learned, a ‘next man up’ mentality in the maintenance building is an insurance policy in which courses should invest. Nothing dooms a golf course to obscurity more than the absence of a long-term, stable core of ...

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Bring autumn color to turf

November 9, 2017 By
Autumn is the best time to work on a golf course. The days are shorter, the mornings cooler, the air clear. The colors on a course are the most striking. The green turf contrasts strikingly with the changing leaves of ...

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A column about a lousy title

November 9, 2017 By
A little over a decade ago, I was out with friends on a Friday evening unwinding from a hell week of keeping greens. It began innocently enough with just a few beers, then rapidly morphed into full-on rage mode as ...

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In the garage, where I belong

November 9, 2017 By
Greetings from northeast Kansas, where we’re happy to talk about Kansas City Chiefs football so we can pretend that Kansas University football isn’t a real thing. Youth soccer season finally has ended, and now my 6-year-old boy wants me to ...

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Photos: Andrew Farrell (1), Jason Adams (2)

Sometimes the grass is greener

November 6, 2017 By
Management companies, owner/operators and superintendents have not always had the best relationships. However, my experience with a troubled course and a management company as the new owner may give some of my colleagues a chance to reconsider this type of ...

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