Columns

Rethinking even the ‘lamest’ jobs

June 19, 2019 By Joe Gulotti

“The process of aerating is as tough on the crew as the playability of aerated greens is on golfers. It takes time to aerate greens because the machines used for this task run at a turtle’s pace. Depending on the ...

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Living with intentionality

June 5, 2019 By Carlos Arraya

It’s no secret that social media platforms are the New Age scrapbooks. They provide our friends and families immediate access to the most memorable moments of our life journey. The pictures and videos allow the opportunity to travel back in ...

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A closer look at Hyde Park CC’s fairways

May 31, 2019 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

This spring, I headed to Hyde Park Country Club in Cincinnati to meet Superintendent Pat O’Brien. Hyde Park CC is a stately club, established in 1909 with a nine-hole course designed by Tom Bendelow. The club expanded in 1922 to ...

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On the lookout for nematodes

May 31, 2019 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Clark Throssell interviews Jim Kerns, Ph.D., about nematodes. Kerns is a turfgrass pathologist at North Carolina State University. In addition to conducting research on turfgrass diseases, Kerns and his team devote considerable time to understanding nematodes, the problems they cause ...

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Behind the music of Golfdom

May 31, 2019 By Seth Jones

The member/guest was only 48 hours away. Then two guys pulled a no-call/no-show. Then there was an irrigation line break. Just when it couldn’t get any worse, Mother Nature reminded you that she’s in charge, and washed out bunkers across ...

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Landing a job is in the details

May 7, 2019 By Joe Gulotti

My last name is Gulotti with a hard G. It’s an Italian name, but I also have a mix of French, Czechoslovakian and mostly Irish blood. The only truly Italian thing about me is my last name. I haven’t experienced ...

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