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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 ...

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Jack’s Got Latshaw’s Back

June 4, 2009 By Golfdom staff

Jack Nicklaus praised superintendent Paul B. Latshaw during his press conference yesterday at Muirfield Village Golf Club. (Photo by Larry Aylward) Yesterday morning, strolling the grounds of Muirfield Village Golf Club, I bumped into Paul B. Latshaw, the course’s director ...

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Old Fred & Young Jeff

May 28, 2009 By Geoff Shackelford

Editor’s note: This column appears in the June issue of Golfdom. Old Tom and Young Tom Morris. Old Fred and Young Jeff Klauk. Bet you’d never think of hearing those names in the same breath. But since Jeff made his ...

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Haunted Golf: Spirited Tales from the Rough

May 7, 2009 By Golfdom staff

The haunted happenings around the nine-hole Canton (Conn.) Public Golf Course began in earnest when course founder James Lowell’s son, Walter, took over management of the facility in 1956. James Lowell and his wife continued to live in the property’s ...

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Deep Thoughts With Rick Slattery

March 28, 2009 By Golfdom staff

Editor’s note: Rick Slattery, longtime superintendent of Locust Hill Country Club in Fairport, N.Y., is an astute person who not only keeps up with the latest in golf course maintenance agronomics, but is well-versed in what’s going on in his ...

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Survey: Gas Prices Worry Superintendents

April 21, 2005 By Golfdom staff

With more than a few large gas tanks to fill every week, three of four superintendents, not surprisingly, have definite concerns about the rising cost of gasoline. According to a Golfdom online survey of 150 superintendents, 52 percent are worried ...

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