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Checking in on three supers at the next step in their careers

November 9, 2016 By Seth Jones

After successfully hosting the 2011 PGA Championship together at Atlanta Athletic Club, three young superintendents set out on their own. Guys stuck in assistant superintendent positions for years; young turf grads leaving the industry for other professions; new labor laws ...

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Undercover super

November 9, 2016 By Steven Wright

The idea came to me one day last year in advance of the city championship. I always play a couple practice rounds ahead of the event. I can call up and play by myself or ask to get put with ...

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The 19th Hole: Keith Wood

November 4, 2016 By Seth Jones

Keith Wood // Superintendent // Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, N.C. What can I get you? Tito’s with a splash of tonic. How did your daughter Grace (two-years-old) like it when your son Alex (two-months-old) came home? In about three weeks, ...

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GCBAA names Don A. Rossi Award winner

November 1, 2016 By Grant Gannon

The Golf Course Builders Association of America (GCBAA) named Deane Beman as the Don A. Rossi Award recipient. The award is given by the GCBAA to honor individuals who, “have made significant contributions to the game of golf and its growth ...

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The Golfer-in-Chief

October 24, 2016 By Stacie Zinn Roberts

From Eisenhower’s 800 rounds in eight years to Obama’s wedding crashing, golf and the POTUS has a long, rich history. A helicopter circles overhead. The thump, thump, thump of its blades reverberate down onto the golf course turf as trees ...

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The loss of a legend

October 24, 2016 By Seth Jones

Four of our regular contributors, Karl Danneberger, Ph.D., Joel Jackson, CGCS-Ret., Steve Wright, CGCS, and Mark Woodward, CGCS, share stories of their experiences with the King. If you’re like me, you’ll enjoy each tale, stories that wind their way from ...

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