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Smithco celebrates 50 years of improving turf maintenance

July 19, 2017 By Katy Ibsen

For Ted Smith, founder of Pennsylvania-based Smithco, his greatest ideas came from the field. Of course, Ted’s proverbial “field” could be defined as many locales, but none more important than along the fairway. Here he would envision machinery that would ...

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Fans of flying fescue

July 18, 2017 By Seth Jones

Only at the U.S. Open could cutting down a swath of tall grass be considered a major storyline. Here’s the scene: Big storms blew through Erin Hills on Monday night. It stormed hard all night and into the morning. I ...

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Tips and Tricks: Writing the right cover letter

July 6, 2017 By Steven Wright

“To whom it may concern” is not the proper way to introduce yourself in a cover letter. Unless, of course, you want it to go to the bottom of the stack, or worse, the circular file. This is a trying ...

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Turf Rx

July 5, 2017 By Jesse Trcka

In prescription turf management, you’re the pharmacist. Many tools of our trade have their roots in agriculture. Things like drainage, seeders, fertilizer spreaders and sprayer technology have been influenced by the agricultural industry. Most of these tools started off as ...

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The Golfdom Files: Grau’s answers to turf questions

June 19, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

Fred V. Grau, Ph.D., is probably best known as the United State’s first Extension Service turf agronomist at Penn State University, or as a former director of the USGA Green Section or one of the founders of the Musser International ...

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Stimpmeters should require a license to carry

June 19, 2017 By Sean Tully

A recent tweet from the USGA asked its members if they knew the green speeds at their home clubs. This by itself is no big deal. But the USGA was using this question to sell Stimpmeters to the general golfing ...

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