Columns

Turf education in the virtual world

November 9, 2016 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

Distance education has globally increased in popularity. Online certificate or degree programs reach a niche group of non-traditional students who desire an education or wish to improve their academic credentials without the stress of quitting a job and physically moving ...

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Working the room at Green Start Academy

November 9, 2016 By Grant Gannon

As the equivalent of the assistant superintendent here on the Golfdom staff, it just makes sense that I travel to the annual Green Start Academy (GSA) in Raleigh, N.C. each year. I recently made my second trip — to the ...

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If movies had more golf-centric themes

November 9, 2016 By Joel Jackson

There is so much negativity in the news these days that I would like to offer up a rewrite of a column I did back in 2008 for a regional publication called Florida Golf Central. This publication has grown to ...

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Topgolf: More than just bells, whistles and a light show

November 9, 2016 By Seth Jones

I have never been a video game guy. Not necessarily by choice, but more likely because when I was a kid my parents refused to buy me a Nintendo or Sega. They did buy me the Intellivision game system out ...

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The Golfdom Files: What a soil-tester will tell the greenkeeper

November 9, 2016 By Kelly Limpert

Some people are just ahead of their time, and H.S. Campbell, the author of this article from the March 1928 edition of Golfdom, certainly was ahead in the golf industry. Campbell was hoping for a product that could tell him ...

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Cave photo courtesy: Dave Bunnell, Under Earth Images, All other photos by curt Harler.

In-tents course management

November 1, 2016 By Curt Harler

It’s a unique golf course that allows tent camping on its fairways. What kind of a management team actually invites campers to bed down for a week on the course? “I’m hanging my butt out,” acknowledged Randy Long, superintendent at ...

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