Articles
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Where we were and where will go
We all know where we are, but very few people realize where we have been. Ken asked me to expound on what...
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Better Make it Last
Years ago, during my first assistants’ job, I remember questioning an equipment salesman about the price of a fairway mower. I mentioned...
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How is a Golf Course a Learning Lab?
Most teachers and students have never been on a golf course. This is changing, thanks to First Green, an innovative environmental education...
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Evolution of Aeration
At one time or another, we, as golf course superintendents, have probably been guilty of performing a cultural practice on our course...
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Renovate entire golf holes, not just features
Recently a new golf club owner approached our firm about overseeing a renovation project at his golf course. The owner desired to...
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Economics and bunker renovations
Many golf courses have bunkers generally worn out and are a superintendent’s worst nightmare. The daily maintenance seems never-ending with few if...
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Adjusting to the times
We are adjusting. It’s what we do. After a recession we modify the way we do things, use resources more efficiently, turn...
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What is Sustainability?
As mountain peaks claw their way across a ceiling of rapidly moving clouds and sun beams begin to punch through to the...
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Passionate professionals
I have been blessed to be in the golf course industry. I am a 27-year GCSAA member who has done most of...
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Soil sampling, testing and amendment application
Gone is the day when the golf course superintendent had to be an expert in every field. Technology has made it impossible...