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Buzzing about bees

October 7, 2016 By Grant Gannon

I was recently invited by Bayer to an event at Cantigny Golf Club, Wheaton, Ill. The event was about the importance of bees in our world and the possible benefits for superintendents who maintain hives. This was my first time on ...

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Golfdom Gallery: 2016 PGA Championship edition

October 6, 2016 By Kelly Limpert

1. All quiet at the PGA Grant B. Gannon got to the course before the crowds arrived to snap this beauty of No. 4 green. 2. Here’s the Beefs Andrew “Beef” Johnston, with perhaps his long-lost brother, Baltusrol’s Jerry Elliot, ...

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The 19th Hole: Alex J. Stuedemann

September 29, 2016 By Seth Jones

Alex J. Stuedemann Superintendent // TPC Deere Run, Moline, Ill. What can I get you? I’ll take a Fat Tire. Thanks for joining the magazine’s editorial advisory board. Any advice for us? The biggest thing is staying connected via all ...

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Memory of an icon // The King and I

September 26, 2016 By Joel Jackson

I first met Arnold Palmer during a practice round at the Masters in the early 1980s. I attended the event with Jimmy Ellison, who was the superintendent at Palmer’s Bay Hill Club. Jim and I knew each other from our ...

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Memory of an Icon // A higher power

September 25, 2016 By Mark Woodward

My father’s favorite golfer of all time was Arnold Palmer. Part of the connection for my dad was that he was born the same year as Mr. Palmer and watched faithfully how the great player changed the game of golf. ...

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1962 Arnold Palmer Golfdom cover Photos: Golfdom

Memory of an Icon // Arnie and me

September 25, 2016 By Steven Wright

To say I had a life with Arnold Palmer would be quite an exaggeration. But to say Arnie never had anything to do with my life would be not be true, either. My first experience with Mr. Palmer came when ...

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