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Matt Neff is the assistant golf course superintendent at Wedgewood Golf & Country Club in Powell, OH. He is a graduate of Malone College in Canton, Ohio, and obtained his turfgrass science degree from The Ohio State University. He has been writing for Golfdom since 2013.

Posts by Matt Neff

Lasting impressions Posted on 25 Jan 2017 in the Columns categories.

Let me set the scene for you. It was late fall of 2005. I was nearing completion of my turf degree and was feverishly looking for a job. Keep in Read more»

Dollars and common sense Posted on 24 Oct 2016 in the Columns categories.

The August 2016 Golfdom cover story discussed updates to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that will go into effect Dec. 1, 2016, and asked if, as a result of Read more»

What you missed on Twitter in the past few months Posted on 20 Sep 2016 in the Columns categories.

If you haven’t heard, social media is huge, and it’s no surprise that it’s caught on like wildfire in our industry. After all, the only people who truly understand what Read more»

Grass times at Turfmont High Posted on 16 May 2016 in the Columns & Maintenance categories.

I recently had the opportunity to speak to a high school class about a career in golf course maintenance. It was a turf and horticulture class, so most of the Read more»

These guys are good: Research community critical to the golf industry Posted on 18 Feb 2016 in the Columns categories.

If you live in the north and are anything like me, you’ve pretty much had enough of winter within a few weeks of it starting. The weather is awful, you Read more»

Matt’s mailbag: Neff addresses golfers and those not in the business Posted on 04 Dec 2015 in the Columns categories.

With the end of the year rapidly approaching, many people are tying up loose ends so they can hit the ground running in 2016. In the course of evaluating my Read more»