Articles
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809Water On … Water Off
For golf course superintendents, water tends to be too scarce or too abundant, or ironically, it can be both at the same...
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1.1KThe State of Golf Development in the U.S.
Golf, like all sports, is subject to ebbs and flows. We 14-handicappers know the drill: following a birdie or an even rarer...
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Rock, Paper, Scissors … and Excelsior
Are you good with multiple-choice questions? Try this one. The word ‘excelsior’ means: (a) a Star Trek starship; (b) a famous poem;...
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874Superintendent Profile: Dan Koops
How did you get your start in the golf industry? I was working in the lawn care industry in Michigan and was...
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Markers Inc.
...call it curiosity or persistence, we prefer to call it innovation ...applying new materials to proven products for longer life, improved appearance...
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Bridging the Gap
The relationship between golf courses and bridges goes beyond the need for functional structures to span water, wetlands, gulches, roadways or naturalized...
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All the Comforts of Home
Although they are one of the most important features on a golf course—at times quite critical—restroom facilities are often one of the...
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878First Green Merges Golf with STEM Learning
After hosting his initial First Green field trip in 2013, Frank Tichenor, the longtime superintendent at Forest Hill Field Club in Bloomfield,...
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1.5KOld Town Club
As the Great Depression cruelly ravaged American families and businesses, a three-year old Augusta National Golf Club recalled Perry Maxwell, Dr. Alister...
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State of golf course design and development
With this month’s national elections culminating 18 months of campaigning and considerable anticipation to the direction the United States shall move forward,...