Columns

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Sometimes the grass is greener

November 6, 2017 By Jason Adams

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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Extreme weather ahead

October 18, 2017 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

Like so many around the world, I watched in September as Hurricanes Harvey and Irma brought misery and destruction to the Texas and Florida coasts. The dead, misplaced and lost — along with the property destruction — may take weeks, ...

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Just another day in turf research paradise

October 18, 2017 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

I had a great day July 12 at the University of Nebraska Turfgrass Research Field Day. You have read in my columns before of my belief that attending a field day is one of my favorite work activities, and the ...

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Hole of the Month: No. 7 at Sunnybrook Golf Club

October 18, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

Sunnybrook Golf Club Plymouth Meeting, Pa. 538 yards, par 5 Fairways: penncross bentgrass/poa annua Greens: A1/A4 bentgrass Sunnybrook Golf Club was founded in 1914 by six men who defected from the Philadelphia Cricket Club because they were frustrated with the ...

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Matt Neff: What I learned from YouTube

October 18, 2017 By Matt Neff

The YouTube rabbit hole. You’re checking out a highlight from the game you couldn’t stay awake for the night before, and next thing you know, you’ve been watching police dashcam videos for an hour. (True story, happened to um… a ...

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Judging a magazine by its cover

October 18, 2017 By Seth Jones

I have been a loyal subscriber to Sports Illustrated for 20-plus years. I first subscribed when I moved out of my parents’ house and could no longer read my dad’s copy. I couldn’t even afford the subscription at the time, ...

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