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The Golfdom Files: Superintendents’ headaches never disappear

April 7, 2017 By
Have you ever just wanted to vent to someone else? In the February 1963 edition of Golfdom, the editors allowed three superintendents, Ray Gerber of Glen Oak GC, Glen Ellyn, Ill., James A. Reid of the Suburban Club in Pikesville, ...

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The Golfdom Files: Unlimited budget

December 12, 2016 By
In the October 1958 edition of Golfdom, superintendents were asked to dream the impossible dream. What would they do, they were asked, with an unlimited budget? An unidentified greens chairman had recently attended a superintendent meeting and posed the same ...

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Aqua-Aid names Bill Brown director of brand development

November 30, 2016 By
Aqua-Aid Inc. has appointed William “Bill” Brown, CGCS, as its new director of brand development. “Aqua-Aid has grown dramatically in both the size and complexity of our business portfolio around the world over the past few years,” says Sam Green, chief operating ...

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Golfdom Files: Special maintenance duties of the southern greenskeeper

October 24, 2016 By
Some article topics that might seem pedestrian today were quite timely in Golfdom’s first year of publication. In October 1927, Jack Daray wrote an article concerning the agronomic practices of southern superintendents. It appears Daray was a greenskeeper at Olympia ...

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1968: How I prepared the course for the Western Open

September 8, 2016 By
Below is an archived PDF file from the Jan 1968 issue of Golfdom. Find out how Ted Woehrle, superintendent of the Beverly CC in Chicago, prepared his course for the big tournament—currently known as the BMW Championship. The archive is ...

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Golfdom Files: Setting up depreciation reserves stabilizes dues structure

August 16, 2016 By
Everyone loves a shiny new piece of equipment, but unless it’s a lease, you’re expected to keep it running as long as possible. The February 1962 Golfdom included best practices to do that and also to prepare for the equipment’s ...

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