Maintenance

U.S. Battery releases new Sense Smart Electrolyte Sensor Valve

August 18, 2015 By Grant Gannon

U.S. Battery has unveiled its new Sense Smart Electrolyte Sensor Valve that monitors electrolyte levels of flooded lead-acid batteries. Flooded lead-acid batteries used in golf carts, lifts, forklifts and other vehicles lose water from normal evaporation and charging. The Sense Smart replacement valves have a built-in ...

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Photos: Maintenance team preps for PGA Championship

August 11, 2015 By Joelle Harms

With the first three Majors of 2015 in the rearview, all eyes now look to the final Major of the year at the Straits Course at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wis. Check out photos of the maintenance team preparing for ...

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WOTUS is really ‘Woe Unto Us!’

August 5, 2015 By Joel Jackson

The new Waters of the U.S. regulatory effort by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers, known as WOTUS, is so far reaching it is more of a PR project to give the appearance of protecting the ...

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Propane to the people:
When will the golf industry adopt propane-powered mowers?

August 5, 2015 By Seth Jones

Like dad used to say, ”It’s not bragging if it’s a fact.” So the people at the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) aren’t bragging when they say that the United States recently became the No. 1 oil and gas ...

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Boots on the ground: Q&A with 2016 Olympic course superintendent Neil Cleverly

August 5, 2015 By Grant Gannon

Sun, sand and tourists. That’s the culture surrounding Neil Cleverly, superintendent of the 2016 Olympic golf course, in his temporary home, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cleverly’s stay in the South American nation is focusing on two things: getting the course ...

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Turf Feeding Systems launches affordable golf program

July 27, 2015 By Joelle Harms

Turf Feeding Systems (TFS), a Houston-based fertigation system manufacturer, has launched an affordable golf program for public golf courses across the United States. Michael Chaplinsky, the company’s president and founder, said in a news release that his goal is to create quality affordable golf at public ...

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