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Marzolf: “The quality of turf here is as good as any course in America”

June 14, 2016 By Seth Jones

I caught up with Fazio Golf Course Design’s Tom Marzolf, ASGCA, today. One of the nicest guys in all of the business, in my opinion. And the guy has stories! Fazio Design is getting some amazing contracts, and I just ...

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Zimmers to crew: You’re the best in the world

June 14, 2016 By Seth Jones

The crew here at Oakmont is 50 strong. For the U.S. Open, another 140 volunteers are here to help out. Many are over-qualified for the jobs they’re on, but they just want to lend a hand. It’s a who’s who of ...

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2016 U.S. Open Day 1

June 13, 2016 By Seth Jones

Here are a bunch of photos from Sunday and a few from Monday, of the 2016 U.S. Open maintenance team at work. I’ll get in here with captions as needed as soon as things settle down… Photos: ...

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Photos by: Pete seltzer, Seth Jones, Dave Delsandro, Brian Kaldorf, USGA/John Mummert

2016 U.S. Open Preview: What’s old is new again

June 9, 2016 By Seth Jones

Back again at legendary Oakmont, the U.S. Open returns (for a record ninth time!) to a course that would look familiar to architect Henry Fownes. Oh, it’s on now. After two U.S. Opens celebrated for experimentation, the 2016 U.S. Open ...

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My Ali collection

June 6, 2016 By Seth Jones

It might surprise you, but I’ve never worked on a typewriter. I graduated high school in 1996. As I type this, I’m 39 years and two months young. It’s not rare for people to ask me about some athlete, or ...

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Being proactive on protozoa

June 2, 2016 By Chip Howard, Ph.D.

A superintendent who hasn’t encountered protozoa-related sprinkler head plugging can count his or her blessings. I may have been the first to encounter the problem in 1986, when my employer wanted to pioneer the use of effluent for golf course ...

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