Course of the Week

A West Coast Pest Settles in New York

July 15, 2009 By Golfdom staff

Rod Ferrentino, who has spent 30 years as a horticulture specialist, extension entomologist and now golf course consultant in New York, has seen a lot of invasive pests come and go. But the new pest on the block – the ...

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Davis Shoots the U.S. Open Breeze

June 5, 2009 By Geoff Shackelford

Entering his fourth U.S. Open as the United States Golf Association’s Senior Director of Rules and Competitions, Mike Davis has quickly transitioned the USGA image from staid protectors of par to proponents of interesting, cerebral golf. Davis spoke to Golfdom ...

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Jack’s Got Latshaw’s Back

June 4, 2009 By Golfdom staff

Jack Nicklaus praised superintendent Paul B. Latshaw during his press conference yesterday at Muirfield Village Golf Club. (Photo by Larry Aylward) Yesterday morning, strolling the grounds of Muirfield Village Golf Club, I bumped into Paul B. Latshaw, the course’s director ...

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Old Fred & Young Jeff

May 28, 2009 By Geoff Shackelford

Editor’s note: This column appears in the June issue of Golfdom. Old Tom and Young Tom Morris. Old Fred and Young Jeff Klauk. Bet you’d never think of hearing those names in the same breath. But since Jeff made his ...

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Haunted Golf: Spirited Tales from the Rough

May 7, 2009 By Golfdom staff

The haunted happenings around the nine-hole Canton (Conn.) Public Golf Course began in earnest when course founder James Lowell’s son, Walter, took over management of the facility in 1956. James Lowell and his wife continued to live in the property’s ...

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State of the Profession Special Report

February 7, 2007 By Golfdom staff

The golf course industry’s leaders, including GCSAA CEO Steve Mona and NGCOA CEO Mike Hughes, agree that the last thing the golf industry needs is more holes of golf dotting the country. Hence, they believe that minus 26.5 net golf ...

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