Golfdom Gallery: April 2020

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The King and I Golfdom Editor-in- Chief Seth Jones has amassed an impressive collection of photos of himself with sports celebrities over the years. Now he adds Richard Petty to the collection, thanks to the 2020 Sports Turf Managers Association show and the folks at Carolina Green Co.

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Palm Beach GCSA and friends Chris Zugel (second from left), CGCS at Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wis., was the keynote speaker at a recent Palm Beach GCSA meeting, with Golfdom’s Seth Jones serving as master of ceremonies (and more important, beverage cart sponsor). From the PBGCSA, left to right, are Brian Birney, the Everglades Club, Palm Beach, Fla.; Ryan Swilley, Gulf Stream (Fla.) GC; Robert Anderson, Royal Palm Yacht & CC, Boca Raton, Fla.; Nate Watkin, Seagate Country Club, Delray Beach, Fla.; and Deron Zendt, Pine Tree GC, Boynton Beach, Fla.

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Read any good magazines lately? While some companies try to lure people into their trade show booth with food or tchotchkes, PBI-Gordon’s Don Frantz had a novel idea: lure them in with copies of the new issue of Golfdom. It worked on us, at least.

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Superintendent royalty at the Sports Turf show Jon Zimmers, Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio, (left) and Matt Shaffer, longtime Merion superintendent, now retired (right), with Chuck Barber of Anuvia Plant Nutrients at the STMA show in West Palm Beach, Fla.

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Boiler up! Cale Bigelow, Ph.D., (far right) and his turf students from Purdue University were all looking their best in anticipation of the Sports Turf Managers Association Student Challenge.