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Presidents Cup player reactions part 1: Oosthuizen & Vegas

September 27, 2017 By
Louis Oosthuizen “I think the practice putting greens are a little faster than the greens out on the course, but they’re in some of the best shape of any tournament. So, it’s going to be great to play them. You ...

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Roots: Does size matter?

September 11, 2017 By
I have been a head greenkeeper for nearly 11 seasons, and I used to have a mad obsession with roots. I longed for dense, gloriously white entrails that delved to the inner core of the Earth to supply my precious ...

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Disparate golf destinations

September 11, 2017 By
If my Adidas golf shoes could talk, they would have said, “Jones, what the heck is going on here?” And for good reason. My recent golf weekend should earn some kind of prize in terms of disparate golf destinations. In ...

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September 11, 2017 By
I store my 1969 Pontiac Firebird in a garage rented from a nearby apartment complex. Like most garages, it’s rather devoid of décor besides some vertical 2x4s. To correct this, I began to look at creating “garage art” and decided ...

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Nice guys get nicknames

August 18, 2017 By
Full disclosure: Back in the early 2000s, one of the guys on the front cover used to boss me around. “Oh, so you’re writing about your friends now, Seth?” Well, yes and no. I’ve always written about my friends. (In ...

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Digging deep for labor solutions

August 18, 2017 By and
Any of the following five ideas could be the difference between a skeleton crew and a successful crew. There were no new Terminator movies this summer, but Skynet clearly hasn’t won. Most work on the golf course is still done ...

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