19th Hole: John Gurke
John Gurke CGCS, Aurora (Ill.) CC John, what are you having? I’m a bourbon guy … Knob Creek. How big is your family? We’re the definition of the nuclear family. Jen and I married two years ago. She has three ...Read More
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3 retired supers review their careers
When the word “retirement” gets thrown around, some may fantasize about sleeping in, sitting around on the couch and eating bonbons. Not so for Mark Kuhns, CGCS-Retired, John Hoofnagle, CGCS-Retired, and Chris Gaughan, CGCS-Retired — all of whom finished a ...Read More
Golfdom Gallery: December 2019
A look at a few of the faces and places that the Golfdom editorial and sales teams have encountered over the past couple of months. Start ’em young Paul Culclasure, CGCS at Kilmarlic Golf Club, Powell’s Point, N.C., says his ...Read More
Help your fungicide with post-application irrigation
All turfgrass species can be devastated by crown- and root-infecting pathogens. Diseases such as summer patch (Magnaporthiopsis poae), spring dead spot (Ophiosphaerella spp.) and Pythium root rot (Pythium spp.) can decimate turfgrass stands. Cultural management practices are often employed to ...Read More
19th Hole: E.J. Chea
E.J. Chea Superintendent // Pease Golf Course, Portsmouth, N.H. E.J., what can I get you? Maker’s Mark and Diet Coke, with a lime. Tell me about your family. My wife is Beth. Our son Graham is 8 and a half. ...Read More
Four courses, two superintendents, one vision
As the home of the PGA Tour’s Valspar Championship, Palm Harbor, Fla.’s Innisbrook Resort is the center of the golf world’s attention one week every year. After all, major champions like Jordan Spieth, Vijay Singh, Jim Furyk and Retief Goosen ...Read More