Jeff Shelley

No Goats, No Glory

The title of this article – a take-off on the expression “No guts, no glory” – is on a T-shirt…

6 years ago

First Green Merging with GCSAA

Initially announced at the Golf Industry Show in February, Bellevue, Wash.-based First Green Foundation is moving forward with merging with…

6 years ago

USGA Seeks to Optimize Maintenance Costs through Revolutionary New Tool

Patrons often view golf courses as mere fields of play. But insiders know that those well-tended expanses are, in fact,…

6 years ago

Part 4: Pioneers of the Golf Industry – Alister MacKenzie

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles about the people who helped pioneer, promulgate and popularize…

7 years ago

Part 2: Pioneers of the Golf Industry – Francis Ouimet

Editor’s Note: This is a second in a series of articles about the people who helped pioneer, promulgate and popularize…

7 years ago

Pioneers of the Golf Industry: Old Tom Morris

The first person who helped advance golf out of obscurity was unquestionably Old Tom Morris, who was born in 1821…

7 years ago

Part 2 of Down Under Series: New Zealand Supers Share Kinship with American Cousins

Deer, raccoons, crows, coyotes, alligators, herons, bears, geese, rabbits, squirrels, turtles, rattlesnakes, frogs, ducks, Canada geese, elk, bald eagles, trout…

7 years ago

Part 1: Golf in the Land of Beauty (and Sheep)

Australia and New Zealand may be too remote of a travel destination for many Americans. But the effort - factoring…

7 years ago

Efforts to Return Golf to the Fore

Everyone knows that golf’s participation levels and once-respectable legions of players have tumbled in recent years. The numbers - both…

8 years ago

Golf Course Superintendent Preps Hazeltine National for Ryder Cup

The state of Minnesota is gearing up for one of the sport’s biggest events as the 2016 Ryder Cup will…

8 years ago