Tag: The Golfdom Files

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The Golfdom Files: Paving the way for the golf car bonanza

July 21, 2023 By
Looking back to a 1969 issue of Golfdom, two country clubs in Oklahoma and Texas worked to prepare their car paths for the continuing popularity of golf cars. ...

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The Golfdom Files: A record-setting purse at the PGA Championship

June 28, 2023 By
We're throwing it back to the September 1959 edition of Golfdom where Herb Graffis notes the PGA Championship’s largest purse ever at the time. ...

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The Golfdom Files: Can a country club afford data processing?

June 22, 2023 By
Take a trip back to April 1963, to learn how golf courses managed their data in the time before modern-day business softwares. ...

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The Golfdom Files: A glimpse into the future

April 25, 2023 By
Take a look back to 2001 as Golfdom profiled three superintendents who embraced what was new and how it helped them become better agronomists. ...

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The Golfdom Files: A $16K maintenance budget

June 7, 2022 By
Golfdom’s September 1927 issue looks at the tug and pull between superintendents and greens committees when setting maintenance estimates. ...

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The Golfdom Files: Superintendents’ headaches never disappear

April 7, 2017 By
Have you ever just wanted to vent to someone else? In the February 1963 edition of Golfdom, the editors allowed three superintendents, Ray Gerber of Glen Oak GC, Glen Ellyn, Ill., James A. Reid of the Suburban Club in Pikesville, ...

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