Golfdom Gallery: July 2015
1. Walk the line
Danny Vandecoevering, Charbonneau GC, Wilsonville, Ore., keeps a straight line as he mows No. 17 green at Chambers Bay.
1. Walk the line 2. Greetings from beautiful Washington State
Dave Oatis, USGA Northeast Regional Director, and Kimberly Erusha, Ph.D., USGA Green Section Managing Director, may be northeasterners, but they look at home in the Pacific Northwest, too.
3. He’s got a point
Mike Davis, executive director of the USGA, stopped by the maintenance facility on the Sunday afternoon before the tournament to greet the 170 men and women ready to maintain the course. For a full transcript of Davis’ talk, visit Golfdom.com/blog.
4. The big train is coming
Kabe Hockema, a student at Oregon State University, grapples with a quick coupler while a train of mowers (see photo 8) heads his way.
5. Busy Beavers
(L to R) Micah Woods, Ph.D., chief scientist at the Asian Turfgrass Center, Eric Johnson, director of agronomy at Chambers Bay and Tom Huesgen, CGCS at Sahalee CC, Sammamish, Wash., were classmates at Oregon State University.
6. Poster boy
J.C. Childree is the superintendent of the Nicklaus Course at The Club at Carlton Woods, in The Woodlands, Texas. He’s also the subject of that USGA poster he’s looking at — that’s him visiting with USGA Senior Agronomist Chris Hartwiger.
7. What’s cookin’?
It was Italian meatballs on this day at the
maintenance volunteer tent.
8. Mower madness
A train of Toro fairway mowers almost as far as the eye can see take care of a fairway in one fell swoop at the 2015 U.S. Open.
9. They see me rollin’
Akoni Ganir, Winchester CC, Meadow Vista, Calif., not only had the coolest name on the grounds crew, he also knew how to make rolling look good.
10. Why are these guys smiling?
(L to R) The Toro Co.’s Jamie Bergen, Chambers Bay equipment manager Jerry Holcomb and Toro’s Boyd Montgomery and Jim Heinze smile in a temporary tent constructed to shelter all that red equipment they love at Chambers Bay.
11. Oregon State Alumni party
Or at least that’s what it felt like at times at Chambers Bay. All the Oregon State crew members — both grads and current students — assembled for a team photo in their favorite color, orange.
12. They scream for ice cream
There was some, uh, debate between Marcus Lakey, Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore., and Jeff Stephenson, Tokatee GC, Eugene, Ore., on who actually owned that ice cream cone. Judging by this photo, Lakey won the debate.
13. No autographs, please
J.C. Childree (center) encouraged co-worker Tim Huber (L) of The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas, and Scot Dey (R), Mission Viejo (Calif.) CC, to smile big for this photo. After all, images of him have been known to grace posters at major sporting events (photo 6).
14. Hang loose
How chill is this bunker raking crew? Cool enough to look into the morning sun for a cool photo.
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- 1 Photos by: Seth Jones (1-5, 7-14) | Tim Huber (6)
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- 6 Photos by: Seth Jones (1-5, 7-14) | Tim Huber (6)
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- 8 Photos by: Seth Jones (1-5, 7-14) | Tim Huber (6)
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Photos by: Seth Jones (1-5, 7-14) | Tim Huber (6)
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