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Matt Cavanaugh (Photo: Lou Ferraro, Park South Photography)

19th Hole: Matt Cavanaugh

February 13, 2020 By
Golfdom Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones chats with Matt Cavanaugh, assistant superintendent at Rush Creek GC, Maple Grove, Minn., to find out what makes him tick. ...

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Experts’ Insights: Winter Injury

February 6, 2020 By and
Winter injury in turfgrass actually is a catchall term for several different causes, according to Karl Danneberger, Ph.D., professor of turfgrass at The Ohio State University. These causes can include freeze injury, winter desiccation, winter diseases and low-temperature kill. It’s ...

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The unpredictability of predicting the weather

February 3, 2020 By
According to the great Bob Dylan, “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” Hot take alert — Bob was not a superintendent and was almost certainly not talking about actual weather, but A), I’m not ...

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Dollar spot injury (Photo: Cole Thompson)

Dollar spot susceptibility on bentgrass

January 30, 2020 By
Ask a fellow superintendent to list the top 10 problems that influence his or her agronomic programing. Contrary to the classic David Letterman style of beginning at the bottom of the list, I would wager that you could predict the ...

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2020 Vision: State of the Industry recap

January 27, 2020 By
The beginning of a new decade sparks nostalgia for some, while at Golfdom, we’re eager to look to the future. In December 2019, we surveyed our readers on various topics, from their expectations for 2020 to their opinions on robot ...

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GPS technology helped Crandon Golf at Key Biscayne determine which areas were ideal for turf removal. (photo previous page courtesy of Crandon Golf at Key Biscayne)

A golf course renovation-redefining revelation

January 21, 2020 By
GPS technology has thousands of uses, the most basic of which is tracking movement. How golfers move around a course — or fail to — helps or hinders pace of play. If you can track patterns, uncover bottlenecks and address ...

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