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Photos: (Cleveland CC) Scott McArthur, (Card Sound GC) Sean Anderson, (Tonto Verde GC) Travis Blamires

2017 Fungicide Survey: Success from coast to coast

June 20, 2017 By Chris Lewis

From Atlantic to Pacific, superintendents reap the benefits of fungicide applications. Regardless of a course’s location, every superintendent at some point understands how a lack of control feels. Whether they’re combating the effects of weather or unusually short or long ...

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Stimpmeters should require a license to carry

June 19, 2017 By Sean Tully

A recent tweet from the USGA asked its members if they knew the green speeds at their home clubs. This by itself is no big deal. But the USGA was using this question to sell Stimpmeters to the general golfing ...

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Hole of the Month: Hole No. 9 // Skyview Golf Course

June 19, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

Hole No. 9 Citrus Hills Golf and Country Club Skyview Golf Course // Hernando, Fla. 442 yards, par 4 Fairways & Tees: Tifway 419 bermudagrass Greens: Tifdwarf bermudagrass When Superintendent David Hoggard was hired in 1984 by Citrus Hills Golf ...

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2017 U.S. Open preview: Erin Hills

June 8, 2017 By Seth Jones

Beautiful Erin Hills is ready to host Wisconsin’s first-ever U.S. Open. But once upon a time, it wasn’t the happiest place for turf. Looking at it today, it’s hard to believe that back in 2008, Erin Hills, site of the ...

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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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Carpets on the walls

May 31, 2017 By Grant Gannon

When natural sod bunker walls become too unpredictable and expensive, a pair of superintendents turn to an artificial answer for stability. When past hurricanes barreled through Beaufort, S.C., Superintendent Mark Mitchell’s list of repairs would include rebuilding the collapsed sod ...

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