Linne Industries adds senior adviser

Shaun Donahue has joined Linne Industries, maker of the PondHawk solar-powered pond aeration system, as senior adviser for golf course agronomy. Donahue, a golf industry veteran, is the golf course superintendent at Tidewater Golf Club in North Myrtle Beach, S.C.

“We’re delighted to have Shaun on the Linne team,” said Sandra Burton, Linne Industries president and co-inventor. “As someone who’s been in the trenches and knows what works for golf courses, Shaun is a valuable resource for other golf superintendents. He knows what it takes to keep a golf course — including its water assets — beautifully maintained.”

Donahue has served as the superintendent at Tidewater Golf Club for nearly two decades. Tidewater, with play along the Intracoastal Waterway, has breathtaking views of the South Carolina Lowcountry and four PondHawk systems installed. Over the years, he led other initiatives that improved the course for golfers as well. He improved sunlight accessibility by trimming and removing excess trees, renovated greens to return them to their original size, improved miles of drain lines and upgraded the irrigation system. He is also a past president of the Palmetto Golf Course Superintendents Association.

“Shaun truly has a wealth of information to share with other golf course superintendents,” Burton added. “He is on hand to explain the results he has seen with PondHawk’s subsurface solar aeration at work on golf course ponds.”