Maintenance

What’s Wrong With the Arizona Immigration Bill? Nothing

May 12, 2010 By Golfdom staff

Until somebody comes up with something better, there’s nothing wrong with a tough, fair bill. Hypothetical situation: There’s a guy down in Mexico who wants to come to America to work — specifically on a golf course in Tucson. He ...

Read More

Get Real … As In Virtual

March 2, 2010 By Golfdom staff

Golfdom partners with IGCEMA to stage virtual trade show. Toro, Deere and Jacobsen also on board. I’ve heard people say trade shows — like the ones you attend in vast convention centers incities like San Diego and Orlando — are dinosaurs. ...

Read More

Waterproof

July 15, 2009 By Golfdom staff

Editor’s note: Bethpage Black Golf Course Superintendent Craig Currier invited me to the U.S. Open last month to hang out with the grounds crew during the tournament. I took the invite a step further and asked Currier if I could ...

Read More

A West Coast Pest Settles in New York

July 15, 2009 By Golfdom staff

Rod Ferrentino, who has spent 30 years as a horticulture specialist, extension entomologist and now golf course consultant in New York, has seen a lot of invasive pests come and go. But the new pest on the block – the ...

Read More

Davis Shoots the U.S. Open Breeze

June 5, 2009 By Geoff Shackelford

Entering his fourth U.S. Open as the United States Golf Association’s Senior Director of Rules and Competitions, Mike Davis has quickly transitioned the USGA image from staid protectors of par to proponents of interesting, cerebral golf. Davis spoke to Golfdom ...

Read More

The Root of the Matter

May 1, 2004 By Golfdom staff

You can’t stop root loss from occurring, but you can control it so greens can make it through the summer unscathed What do you get when you combine small greens, heavy golfer traffic, searing heat, high humidity and no air ...

Read More