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Player reactions part 1: McIlroy, Walker, Lingmerth

August 8, 2017 By Grant Gannon

While the maintenance team was taking a well-deserved rest after the Monday morning maintenance, Golfdom took to the course to learn about what the PGA Tour professionals think of the new PGA Championship host, Quail Hollow. David Lingmerth “(Compared to ...

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Just a dash of Basil

August 7, 2017 By Grant Gannon

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

August 7, 2017 By Grant Gannon

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

August 6, 2017 By Grant Gannon

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

August 3, 2017 By Grant Gannon

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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From Flooding Disaster to Championship Conditions

August 2, 2017 By Golfdom Sponsor

Greenbrier Classic Wows With an Assist from BASF Talk about pressure. Josh Pope had exactly one year to recover and rebuild from a devastating 1,000-year flood that literally ravaged the Greenbrier Old White TPC course in 2016, rendering it ...

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