Tag: Weather

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Keeping up with the Jones: Storm chasing

December 2, 2021 By
Discussing November's feature stories about weather disasters and superintendents' worst day on the job, Seth Jones reflects on his toughest days at a job. ...

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Golfdom Files: Dry as a bone

November 12, 2021 By
We take a look back at this 2012 article about the 2012 drought amping up the pressure on superintendents in various parts of the U.S. ...

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A cross country skier skied over one of the greens at LaFortune Park GC in Tulsa, Okla. (Photo: Scott Schurman)

Winter Storm Uri ravages Texas, Oklahoma

February 22, 2021 By and
Winter Storm Uri brought sustained below-freezing temperatures and snow to areas of the country not accustomed to winter weather, such as Texas. ...

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The unpredictability of predicting the weather

February 3, 2020 By
According to the great Bob Dylan, “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” Hot take alert — Bob was not a superintendent and was almost certainly not talking about actual weather, but A), I’m not ...

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Not-so-specific Pacific

July 9, 2019 By
My travels have taken me all over these last few weeks, and there has been one common theme: rain. I was in Cleveland at the beginning of this week attending company meetings. I stopped by my favorite department at North ...

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Hole 10 Pebble Beach covered in fog; Photo: Golfdom Staff

Fog invades hole 10 at the U.S. Open

June 26, 2019 By
The foggy conditions of the 2019 U.S. Open were nothing new to the 100-year-old Pebble Beach Golf Links. Check out the difference that the fog made at hole 10 below. (photos courtesy of Golfdom staff) [juxtapose] [/juxtapose] In case you ...

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