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Green Start Academy attendees (Photo: John Deere)

Golfdom Gallery: December 2019

December 27, 2019 By
A look at a few of the faces and places that the Golfdom editorial and sales teams have encountered over the past couple of months. Start ’em young Paul Culclasure, CGCS at Kilmarlic Golf Club, Powell’s Point, N.C., says his ...

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Frank Siple (middle) with his Distinguished Service Award, presented by past U.S. Open champion Jerry Pate, left, and Jamie Pate, of the Jerry Pate Co., right. (Photo: Georgia GCSA)

Frank Siple inducted into Georgia GCSA HOF

December 23, 2019 By
Frank Siple, CGCS, “didn’t know greens mowing from window washing” on his first day on the job at Northwood Country Club in Lawrenceville, Ga., in 1971. Siple has since been inducted into the Georgia Golf Course Superintendents Hall of Fame ...

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E.J. Chea (Photo: Seth Jones)

19th Hole: E.J. Chea

December 20, 2019 By
E.J. Chea Superintendent // Pease Golf Course, Portsmouth, N.H. E.J., what can I get you? Maker’s Mark and Diet Coke, with a lime. Tell me about your family. My wife is Beth. Our son Graham is 8 and a half. ...

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Women in Golf 2019 (Photo: Bayer)

Definitely not one of the guys: A 2019 Women in Golf recap

December 12, 2019 By
Brandi Merrick is assistant superintendent of golf maintenance at The Omni Grove Park Inn Golf Club in Asheville, N.C., but she went to Iowa State to be an actuary because she loves math. She soon realized, however, that crunching numbers ...

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NHGCSA members (Photo: Seth Jones)

Golfdom Gallery: November 2019

November 15, 2019 By
Great names in golf BASF’s Peter Jacobsen (left) and Ryan Green, CGCS, at Crystal Lake GC in Mapleville, R.I., have names meant for golf. Drinks are on Jonesy Golfdom Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones (left) traveled to New Hampshire to thank the ...

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(Photo: Lou Ferraro, South Park Photography)

19th Hole: Scott Schurman

October 28, 2019 By
Scott Schurman Superintendent // LaFortune Park GC, Tulsa, Okla. Scott, what can I get you? Water would be great, but I also like a good lager. Tell me about LaFortune Park. LaFortune Park GC was started in 1961 and is ...

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