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Trickiest green ever: Just prior to grand opening

March 13, 2014 By Mark Woodward

After more than 40 years in the business and working with hundreds of greens, the trickiest challenge related to getting a green ready for play, dates back to 1974 when I first got in the business. I was a young ...

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18 greens in 1

March 13, 2014 By Matt Neff

It’s been said that putting green management is the most advanced form of agriculture that exists. That’s probably true when you consider all the variables that we attempt to control and balance with golfer expectations for firm and fast, yet ...

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Respect the putting green

March 13, 2014 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

I have found that one of the thrills in golf is hitting a green in regulation, taking that long walk up the fairway through the approach area onto the putting green, where if I’m lucky, I have the opportunity to fix ...

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Fans improve creeping bentgrass greens in the Southeast

March 13, 2014 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Bert McCarty, Ph.D., is a professor of turfgrass science at Clemson University and has conducted research on the impact of fans on creeping bentgrass greens. Bert can be reached at bmccrty@clemson.edu. Q: What are the benefits of fans on creeping bentgrass ...

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Over hamburgers in Hamburg

February 12, 2014 By Seth Jones

The MacKenzie Bar and Grill at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif. No. 13 green at Sharp Park Golf Course in Pacifica, Calif. And now, the Red Robin in Hamburg, Pa. ¶ One of these things is not like ...

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Positive signs for golf

February 12, 2014 By Mark Woodward

After several years of tough times in golf, I choose to believe that 2014 is going to be a good year for our industry. Now, I don’t have any magic formula of predicting the future, but I’m already seeing small ...

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