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Seth stands in the fairway bunker on No. 18 at Chambers Bay. Photo by Josh Lewis

Travelogue: Chambers Bay, Tacoma C&GC, Safeco Field

March 24, 2015 By Seth Jones

I was excited to recently make it back to Seattle, my first trip there in maybe 25 years. My trip coincided with one of my favorite holidays — St. Patrick’s Day — and it was indeed a trip heavy on ...

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Survey on dew removal for collegiate research

March 23, 2015 By Grant Gannon

You know what makes us excited at Golfdom? No, not the NCAA tournament (we torched our brackets this weekend). What gets us excited is helping out our fellow man, and the chance of winning a free gift card. We were recently ...

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OnGolf aims to bring superintendent’s data together

March 10, 2015 By Seth Jones

One of the more interesting meetings I had at the GIS this year was a sit-down with the guys who have formed OnGolf. OnGolf comes with some influential leadership behind it, namely co-founder Matt Shaffer, director of grounds at Merion ...

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My Opening Closing Celebration

March 10, 2015 By Grant Gannon

After two days at the Golf Industry Show, meeting with vendors during the day and interacting with superintendents at night, I wanted nothing more than to go to my hotel room to rest. But, my role as associate editor and also ...

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GIS chapter pub crawl 2015

February 26, 2015 By Seth Jones

Everyone is raving about the show so far, seems to be a lot of positive energy here in San Antonio! I’m raving about the chapter parties… A lot of good ones, and thank you to the many chapters who welcomed ...

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Civitas beta tests IPM costing model

February 26, 2015 By Grant Gannon

The ability to save superintendents time, money and resources is the silver bullet, and Civitas believes they have found the solution with its IPM costing model. Civitas, a subsidiary of Suncor, launched six years ago and is in beta testing of the ...

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