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Safely maintaining utility vehicles

February 14, 2017 By Matt Zaremba

Superintendents frequently share with me the demands of their workday. We discuss a “typical day” in their mobile office, aka their utility vehicle, and the pre-dawn hauling of heavy equipment onto the greens with one goal: to produce the best ...

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Superintendent turned architect Bobby Weed remembers his roots

February 9, 2017 By Grant Gannon

As a superintendent turned golf course architect Bobby Weed has never been far from the game of golf in his career. Weed worked on the maintenance side of the golf industry and eventually became a certified golf course superintendent. His ...

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Live from the 2017 Golf Industry Show

February 9, 2017 By Golfdom staff

The Golfdom crew traveled to Orlando, Fla., for the 2017 Golf Industry. Check out the stories below for the latest news, trends and stories from the show floor. News Bayer showcases Indemnify and Exteris Stressgard at GIS GIS boosts interest ...

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How to do Florida: Step 1, get out of your hotel room

February 3, 2017 By Steven Wright

I often hear this complaint when the Golf Industry Show rotation returns to Florida: “There isn’t much to do in Florida.” As a longtime resident, I disagree. And I’m not talking about theme parks. I have nothing against them. In ...

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GreenKeeperApp.com: A digital tool for superintendents

January 25, 2017 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Bill Kreuser, Ph.D., is a turfgrass scientist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. To help get his research findings into the hands of superintendents, Bill and his colleagues at UNL developed GreenKeeperApp.com. For more information, Bill can be reached at wkreuser2@unl.edu ...

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The unlikely odds of going undefeated

January 25, 2017 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

The new year got off to a rocky start for some of us, specifically those who follow college football and saw their teams lose. Count me as one of those. The Ohio State Buckeyes lost rather badly New Year’s Eve ...

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