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Irrigation Association, Cal Poly offer CEU-qualifying online courses

September 26, 2014 By Joelle Harms

The Irrigation Association has partnered with the California Polytechnic State University’s Irrigation Training & Research Center to offer a series of online courses. Each new course qualifies for continuing education units. Topics include: Basic Soil-Plant-Water Relationships (2 CEUs) Distribution Uniformity ...

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Mark Bostick GC renovated by Scot Sherman, ASGCA

September 24, 2014 By Seth Jones

Scot Sherman, ASGCA, recently oversaw renovations at the University of Florida’s Mark Bostick Golf Course. This comes thirteen years after Sherman and Bobby Weed designed a new $4 million course for the University in 2001. This summer’s renovation included stripping, ...

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The Golfdom Files: Fire him? No!

September 24, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Some things never change, no matter how many decades pass. ¶ In this new department, we look back to our archives to read what concerned superintendents 60, 70, 80 years ago. For this first installment we came across this story ...

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5 apps superintendents love to use on the course

September 24, 2014 By Molly Gase

It might be hard for an accountant to believe this, but we’re betting superintendents will believe: According to a recent study by internet analytics company comScore, Americans now spend more time staring at their smartphones and eReaders than they do ...

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Hired (Canada goose) killers

September 22, 2014 By Molly Gase

Pebble Creek Golf Club in Becker, Minn., has a problem that many other courses nationwide struggle with — Canada geese. According to an article on twincities.com, Pebble Creek’s superintendent Robert Stern, has tried to get rid of the 100 or ...

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