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What Trump’s presidency means for the golf industry

January 3, 2017 By
Surprising all the pundits, Donald Trump has won the presidency. What does having a multi-course owner in the White House mean for the industry? Election Day 2016, Hillary Clinton versus Donald Trump. The polls all showed the White House would ...

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Jonesy’s Top 5 photos of 2016 

December 29, 2016 By
I see a lot of golf courses in a given year. Sometimes I have the camera out, sometimes I’m focused on the experience and leave it in the rental car. Looking through my photos for our December 2016 year-in-review cover ...

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How big was 2016?

December 15, 2016 By
Donald Trump may have made the most headlines, but he was just one part of a strange yet fascinating golf year. Additional commentary by Seth Jones and Matt Neff in italics Strange weather, strange rulings and a strange election… 2016 ...

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What do turfgrass scientists talk about?

December 12, 2016 By
Imagine what happens when you get 200 or 300 turfgrass scientists together in one location at the same time. It’s non-stop turf discussion on every topic imaginable, and it takes place every year at the Crop Science Society of America ...

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Danneberger: Looking back on 2016

December 12, 2016 By
I thought I would share some things that have stuck in my mind from this past year. My thoughts are a potpourri of anecdotal and observational thoughts not backed by facts, which should provide fodder for a winter of conversation. ...

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Because we can doesn’t mean we should

December 12, 2016 By
Golf architecture and technology are areas that demand something of each other. In our drive to play better and hit the ball farther we see golfers with the latest and greatest equipment and swing theories to make that happen. While ...

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