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Photos: DAVE SANSOM

Giving new life to an old bird

May 25, 2016 By
A needed update on the Heron Course, along with some creative communications, makes this course soar above its counterpart at the Oaks Club in Florida. Before reconstruction work began at The Oaks Club, Osprey, Fla., architect Jason Straka of Fry/Straka ...

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Photo credit: Nemo's great uncle via Foter.com / CC BY-NC-SA

Is El Niño a boom or a bust?

May 18, 2016 By
California ranks No. 2 nationally in total number of U.S. golf courses, behind No. 1 Florida. After the recent multi-year drought, which sparked mandatory water restrictions to all sectors of water users from homeowners to the agriculture industry, the 2016 ...

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The Golfdom Files: Converting to the metric system

May 16, 2016 By
In the June 2015 Golfdom, Karl Danneberger, Ph.D., highlighted a trip he took to Egypt and described golf course maintenance in that country. While there, he noted that some local superintendents use the English metric system, learned from U.S. superintendents ...

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Grass times at Turfmont High

May 16, 2016 By
I recently had the opportunity to speak to a high school class about a career in golf course maintenance. It was a turf and horticulture class, so most of the students were interested in green industry careers. Given the current ...

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Reading roots, tornado memories, timely phone calls

April 26, 2016 By
Just a couple notes here on a stormy Tuesday… These photos were sent to me by a superintendent friend this morning. The grass was pulled off a valve box that had been grown over and hidden away for years. Check ...

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Kicking the bucket

April 15, 2016 By
It was this time last year when I was grabbing lunch with Tom Watson — the Friday before the Masters. Apparently, Mr. Watson didn’t need my witty lunch repartee in preparation for this year’s Masters, the last one he’ll play. ...

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