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My Second Office: Brandon Schindele

August 21, 2017 By Grant Gannon

This month, Brandon Schindele graciously invited us into his (second) office at Edina (Minn.) Country Club. Schindele started his career at Edina CC as an intern in 1998 and accepted the second assistant role soon after, while still a student ...

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Digging deep for labor solutions

August 18, 2017 By Seth Jones and Grant Gannon

Any of the following five ideas could be the difference between a skeleton crew and a successful crew. There were no new Terminator movies this summer, but Skynet clearly hasn’t won. Most work on the golf course is still done ...

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Photos: construction shots (Keith Wood), all others (Travis Dove)

Live from the 2017 PGA Championship

August 7, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

News from the course Welcome to the 2017 PGA Championship Just a dash of Basil Player reactions part 1: McIlroy, Walker, Lingmerth Player reactions part 2: Bradley, Hahn, Finau Player reactions part 3: Kisner, D. Johnson, Chappell, Spieth Hicks’ journey ...

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2017 PGA Championship preview

July 31, 2017 By Seth Jones

Quail Hollow Superintendent Keith Wood remembers one of his first experiences with celebrated architect Tom Fazio. It was during the 2015 Wells Fargo Championship, and the two were driving around the course during the Wednesday Pro-Am. They pulled up to ...

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The 19th Hole: Adam Hahn

July 26, 2017 By Seth Jones

Adam Hahn Superintendent // Woodside Golf Course, Lansing, Mich. What would you like? I’ll stick with Miller Lite. Want a shot of Fireball? Sure. So, tell me about yourself. I’m from Williamston, Mich., it’s in the Lansing area. I got ...

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Nematodes on northern turfgrasses

July 24, 2017 By Nathaniel A. Mitkowski, Ph.D.

Nematodes are everywhere. They’re found in all but the most extreme environmental conditions, in soils, oceans, rivers, streams, on plants, in plants and even in animals and humans. Fortunately, most nematodes are innocuous, eating bacteria and occasionally each other. Of ...

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