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Message in the ceiling

April 12, 2018 By
Recently a new Guinness world record was set when a 132-year-old message in a bottle was discovered on a beach in Australia. The bottle was thrown from a German ship into the Indian Ocean in 1886 as part of a ...

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The Masters: A first-timer’s perspective

April 6, 2018 By
There was an empty space at a table near Amen Corner, room for two more Masters patrons. So Golfdom publisher Craig MacGregor politely asked the two men having lunch if we could join them. “Not a problem,” said one of ...

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Impressions of 2018’s Golf Industry Show

March 26, 2018 By
Returning from GIS 2018 this past month, an email from Golfdom Managing Editor Abby Hart was waiting for me, reminding me of my March column deadline. What better time, I thought, to write on my impressions of GIS in San ...

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Photos: Abby Hart, Grant Gannon, Ed Hiscock

Summarizing the Summit

March 26, 2018 By
Part 2 of our 2017 Golfdom Summit recap has a central theme: “Better conditions with less maintenance.” Read part 1 here. Ted Fist, head of U.S. business operations for Capillary Concrete, is someone you might consider a “first-time caller, longtime ...

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Like fine wine

March 26, 2018 By
They say we live in a youth-obsessed culture. “They” say a lot of things, much of which is somewhere between dubious at best and ridiculous at worst, but I think most would agree this statement is true. One could argue ...

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The old and new of slow play

March 26, 2018 By
Congratulations to Golfdom on celebrating its 90th anniversary recently. I’m honored to be a part of such a long history and that my articles are available for others to read. Had I known this opportunity would have been a reality ...

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