Just a dash of Basil

After earning a turf degree from Penn State, and jobs at Nantucket (Mass.) Golf Club, McArthur Golf Club, Hobe Sound, Fla., and Jupiter Hills Golf Club, Tequesta, Fla., Basil Lowell accepted the assistant superintendent position at Quail Hollow in July ...

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PGA Championship Photo Parade: Monday morning maintenance

Early Monday morning rain fell on 2017 PGA Championship host Quail Hollow, and more storms came during the rest of the morning maintenance. So Superintendent Keith Wood and his team decided to limit the amount of equipment on the course. ...

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Welcome to the 2017 PGA Championship

The Sunday before the 2017 PGA Championship started was a chance for the maintenance crew volunteers to arrive at the course, receive their swag bags with gear and get their schedules for the week ahead. It also allowed the leadership of ...

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Tagmarshal takes on the pace of play problem

Some ideas are inspired from unfortunate situations. A frustrating round of golf might not be the most unfortunate circumstance, but that’s where the idea for the pace of play management solution, Tagmarshal, came from.  “A friend of mine is an avid ...

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New app makes scheduling and paying caddies easier

  Ryan Bartels believes he has created the ultimate caddie hack. That’s because Bartels, a 20-year-old junior at Indiana University and part-time caddie, has created Circuit, a new app that will better connect him with the caddie master and the ...

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