My Second Office: Bob Farren, CGCS, Pinehurst Resort

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Bob Farren, CGCS, director of grounds and golf course maintenance at Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort, has seen a lot of incredible golf come through his facility. In fact, last June he put in the hours to host two incredible tournaments back-to-back when he and his team successfully hosted the U.S. Open and the U.S. Women’s Open in consecutive weeks.

The superintendent we dubbed “turf’s most interesting man” has an equally interesting office. On a recent trip to Pinehurst, we caught up with Farren and learned about the memorabilia adorning his walls — from reminders of past tournaments to reminders of what’s most important.

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Photo: Seth Jones

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About the Author: Seth Jones

Seth Jones, a 25-year veteran of the golf industry media, is Editor-in-Chief of Golfdom magazine and Athletic Turf. A graduate of the University of Kansas School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Jones began working for Golf Course Management in 1999 as an intern. In his professional career he has won numerous awards, including a Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association (TOCA) first place general feature writing award for his profile of World Golf Hall of Famer Greg Norman and a TOCA first place photography award for his work covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In his career, Jones has accumulated an impressive list of interviews, including such names as George H.W. Bush, Samuel L. Jackson, Lance Armstrong and Charles Barkley. Jones has also done in-depth interviews with such golfing luminaries as Norman, Gary Player, Nick Price and Lorena Ochoa, to name only a few. Jones is a member of both the Golf Writers Association of America and the Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association. Jones can be reached at sjones@northcoastmedia.net.


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