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New stuff from GIS show floor

March 15, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

If an airless wheel seems futuristic, wait until you see these products. While traversing the Golf Industry Show trade show floor, we kept a lookout for the next new — and unusual — products that could help readers make their ...

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A function of the injunction

March 15, 2017 By Jared Nemitz

Well, that was fun! The Golf Industry Show has come and gone. It was a great show — it always is. I’ll bet the most discussed topic over drinks was labor — it always is. Even the virtual discussions on ...

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Turf isn’t the only cutting-edge industry

March 15, 2017 By Seth Jones

In this issue we celebrate some cool new technologies for the turf maintenance business. I mean, check out the Tweel and the Shark Wheel — they look like they came from an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. (OK, ...

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In the trenches: Carlos Duran on installing drip irrigation at Shadow Creek

March 14, 2017 By Seth Jones

While visiting Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, it was Superintendent Tim Cloninger who gave us the tour of the course and showed us the intricacies of the drip irrigation system detailed in our February cover story. But Cloninger was clear: ...

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Photo: As interview by Seth Jones, March 9, 2017.

Trading Steel for Glass

March 9, 2017 By Grant Gannon

After spending more than 18 years at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club in the shadows of Pittsburgh, the Steel City, John Zimmers is making the move to the Inverness Club in the Glass City, Toledo, Ohio. “It’s a wonderful opportunity in ...

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Inverness (OH) names Zimmers superintendent

March 8, 2017 By Grant Gannon

John Zimmers has resigned as Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club’s golf course superintendent to accept the green superintendent position at the Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio, according to correspondences from both club’s leadership to their respective memberships. Zimmers’ final day at Oakmont ...

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