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A rushed bunker reno at Hawk’s Landing Golf Club

March 11, 2020 By Christina Herrick

Orlando World Center Marriott had planned to renovate bunkers at Hawk’s Landing Golf Club in 2021. But when Hurricane Irma hit Orlando in 2017, the course had to act much sooner than planned, says Josh Kelley, superintendent of grounds for ...

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Web Exclusive: More from the 2019 State of the Industry report part 2

February 21, 2020 By Chris Lewis

2019 was a year of many successes, multiple challenges and happily, a few near misses. An inaccurately forecast hurricane saved a lot of superintendents some trouble (but not the unnecessary prep work), while floods and drought were common themes in ...

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Web Exclusive: More from the 2019 State of the Industry report part 1

February 21, 2020 By Chris Lewis

One superintendent too many: A husband and wife compete for the same job

January 9, 2020 By Golfdom Staff

The following was written and submitted by Liza Chmielewski. Jeremy and I met at Penn State in the fall of 2001. We were both enrolled in the two-year golf course turfgrass management certificate program with goals of becoming golf course ...

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May 1932 Cover (Photo: Golfdom archives)

Golfdom Files: Hurray! An argument

December 23, 2019 By Golfdom Staff

Who doesn’t love a good argument? In the May 1932 issue of Golfdom, the editorial staff certainly didn’t shy away from one when the publisher of a competitor accused the magazine of being “too thorough.” Check out the article below ...

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When Toro was a fertilizer company — the forgotten tale of BioPro

July 31, 2019 By Hal Phillips

If you tried to explain to millennial superintendents the BioPro Phenomenon — whereby iron and irrigation giant Toro briefly went into the fertilizer business during the 1990s — they might not believe you. But should you engage a slightly older ...

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