Columns

SOI 2017: Put him down for a par

December 14, 2017 By Seth Jones

In what would be a roller coaster of a scorecard, 33 percent of Golfdom’s readers give President Trump a par. This time last year, Golfdom was reacting to the news that multi-course owner Donald Trump would be the next president ...

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SOI 2017: Teach your children well

December 14, 2017 By Grant Gannon

Most superintendents love their jobs, but not all want to see their kids follow in their footsteps. Superintendents who also take on fatherhood have been passing on their love of golf and turf maintenance to their children for decades. In ...

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The Golfer’s Creed

December 14, 2017 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D. and Golfdom Staff

Simply stated, golf is defined as a game where a small, hard ball is struck with instruments known as clubs into a set of small holes in the ground that are spread across an expanse of land. The rules of ...

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SOI: Superintendents, executives enthusiastic for ’18

December 14, 2017 By Seth Jones, Grant Gannon and Chris Lewis

Golf faces many challenges, but core golfers still are passionate about the game. Attendees of the 2017 Carolinas GCSA Conference and Show will just have to accept Executive Director Tim Kreger’s apologies if it took a little longer to find ...

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SOI 2017: Taking creative courses

December 5, 2017 By Chris Lewis

Superintendents continue to look at practical places to lessen labor and inputs. Because Sarasota’s TPC Prestancia is located within a residential community, its course maintenance staff can’t reduce turf as much as it would prefer, as homeowners would rather have ...

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Tips for building a stronger core

November 20, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

As the author has learned, a ‘next man up’ mentality in the maintenance building is an insurance policy in which courses should invest. Nothing dooms a golf course to obscurity more than the absence of a long-term, stable core of ...

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