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A small turf world

September 18, 2013 By
Another memo in the “it’s a small turf world” journal… A friend called up with an extra Royals ticket last night. A big game, too, as the Royals needed to sweep the Indians to stay in the hunt (they lost, ...

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Introducing Natalie Roberts

September 16, 2013 By
It’s a thrill to announce the arrival of Natalie Bales Roberts, born this morning at 9 a.m. to the proud new parents of Alyce and Pat Roberts. Baby and mom are doing well, and everyone is as sleepy as you ...

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The gracious man

September 13, 2013 By
I just came across an article from the May 2013 issue of Esquire, and I have to share it with you. It’s called “How to be gracious, and why,” by Tom Chiarella, one of the magazine’s best writers. Chiarella hits ...

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I’ve got a golden ticket

September 11, 2013 By
Just addressed 20 of these bad boys… it’s a hot ticket, folks!   Don’t be mad at me if you don’t get one. Only about 50 superintendents from across the land can get invited each year… it’s a small group! ...

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Wisconsin course debates closing on 9/11 after a poor taste rebate

September 10, 2013 By
I’ve heard there is no such thing as bad PR, but man, I wouldn’t want to be known as the person who came up with this marketing ploy. A golf course in Wisconsin tried to memorialize Sept. 11, 2001 by ...

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Charting the TDR 300’s success

September 5, 2013 By
If you looked through the new issue of Golfdom, you’ve seen our feature on Spectrum Technologies. In that article, I wrote about how the FieldScout TDR 300 has really caught the industry by storm over the last couple years. Spec ...

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