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Garrett Luck (Photo: Lou Ferraro, Park South Photography)

19th Hole: Garrett Luck

January 9, 2020 By
Garrett Luck CGCS // Hidden Glen at Bentdale Farms, Cedarburg, Wis. Garrett, what can I get you? My go-to, a Tanqueray and tonic. Tell me about your family. My wife, Ann, and I will celebrate seven years of marriage this ...

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Retirees biking (Photo: Aleutie/iStock Getty Images plus/Getty Images)

3 retired supers review their careers

December 31, 2019 By
When the word “retirement” gets thrown around, some may fantasize about sleeping in, sitting around on the couch and eating bonbons. Not so for Mark Kuhns, CGCS-Retired, John Hoofnagle, CGCS-Retired, and Chris Gaughan, CGCS-Retired — all of whom finished a ...

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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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