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Capitalizing on Capillary

June 6, 2017 By Seth Jones

A new partnership has Capillary Concrete looking beyond bunkers and beyond golf. It’s not often that “Ms. 59,” Annika Sorenstam, does anything halfway. But that’s exactly what the World Golf Hall of Famer did when she recently upped her ownership ...

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Michael Hurdzan, teacher

May 23, 2017 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

The 2017 U.S. Open will be played at Erin Hills, a golf course just north of Milwaukee, Wis. Michael Hurdzan, Ph.D., along with Dana Fry and Ron Whitten, designed this links-style golf course with the vision of eventually hosting an ...

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Super Science: Managing unmellow yellow nutsedge

May 22, 2017 By Luqi Li, Roch Gaussoin, Ph.D. and Zac Reicher, Ph.D.

Yellow nutsedge is a difficult-to-control weed that increasingly is a problem on golf courses. Its yellow-green color, coarse foliage and fast growth decrease visual quality, uniformity and, in the worst case, playability. Yellow nutsedge is a perennial that reproduces primarily ...

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Photos by: Seth Jones (1, 2, 4, 5); David Hay (3); Pat Roberts (6)

Golfdom Gallery: May 2017

May 15, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

1. Flying the not-so-friendly skies Golfdom EIC Seth Jones bumped in to Annika Sorenstam at the Phoenix airport. While Annika got home no problem, Jones was delayed and had to take an overnight flight to Charlotte to get to Kansas ...

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Photo: As interviewed by Seth Jones, April 14, 2017.

The 19th Hole: Steve Houlihan

May 11, 2017 By Seth Jones

Steve Houlihan Superintendent // Blue Mound G&CC, Wauwatosa, Wis. What can I get you? I’ll have a Captain and Coke. Tell me about your family. My wife, Kate, and I have two daughters. Aubrey is 5, Brynn is 3. They ...

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golf course at sunset. photo: iStock.com/ChrisHepburn

Assist the assistants

April 27, 2017 By Seth Jones

The path to promotion is longer than ever for assistant superintendents. Is it time to rethink the hours they work and the pay they receive? Kris Negley takes his job seriously as senior assistant superintendent at the Clubs of Cordillera ...

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