Ain’t Brown Grand?

I just spent the day visiting several superintendents in the northern California area. Ray Davies, senior operations manager and director of golf course maintenance and construction for Tracy, Calif.-based CourseCo, gave me a tour of several of the company’s facilities. ...

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The Human Touch Rules

Have you heard the news about LESCO? The Cleveland-based provider of turf products is going back to its old way of doing business. It must — to survive. LESCO announced late last week that it expected a $4 million net ...

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Retief Tells It Like It Is

Remember the gripe fest the U.S. Open turned into two years ago at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club? Several golfers, including Tiger Woods, went off on the United States Golf Association and complained that the course played way too harshly on ...

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Enough Is Enough on Daly

Let me up, I’ve had enough. Please, no more articles about John Daly. I’ve had a daily dose of Daly for a few weeks now, and I can’t stand anymore. Ever since Daly’s book, “My Life In And Out of ...

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When It Rains, It Pours at Muirfield

I’m starting to wonder if there isn’t something to the screwy, soggy legend that Muirfield Village Golf Club is cursed. Indeed, there is something weird and wet going on there. The Dublin, Ohio-based course, site of Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial Tournament, ...

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Getting Older a Few MPH Every Day

What better way to celebrate my friend’s 39th birthday Sunday night than to head to the ballpark. And what better way to fritter away what turned out to be a 14-2 Indians loss than to head to the speed-pitch machine ...

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