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Mike Chrzanowski (Photo: Lou Ferraro, Park South Photography)

19th Hole: Mike Chrzanowski

June 25, 2019 By Seth Jones

Mike Chrzanowski Superintendent // Madison (Conn.) CC Mike, what are you having? I’ll have a Heineken. Tell me about your family. My son Mike and his wife Ashley live in Denver with their two children, Maya, 4 and Ben, 2. ...

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Golf course photo (Photo: Jeff VerCautren)

Using your 6 senses on the golf course

June 20, 2019 By Matt Wagner and Jeff VerCautren

The other day, I was following our train of operators on the way out to their morning assignments. During my travels, I was overwhelmed by the dreaded smell of fuel leaking from something. I immediately radioed my assistants and mechanics ...

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Removing coarse topdressing sand from greens

June 4, 2019 By James Murphy, Ph.D. and Hui Chen

Superintendents use topdressing to manage thatch accumulation and maintain smooth putting green surfaces. However, they often avoid topdressing during the growing season because residual coarse sand may interfere with play and dull mower blades. A field study was initiated in ...

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Superintendents from east cost at Augusta National (Photo: Seth Jones)

Golfdom Gallery: May 2019, Masters Edition

May 30, 2019 By Sarah Webb

The Masters Edition Mr. and Mrs. Greenkeeper Matthew Wharton, CGCS, MG, Carolina GC, Charlotte, N.C., and his wife, Darless, aka Mrs. Greenkeeper, near the big leaderboard at Augusta National Golf Club. Amen Corner with RTJII (Left to right) Rich Sweeney, ...

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Half-life is not the whole story

May 28, 2019 By Rick Latin, Ph.D.

There’s been a fair amount of chatter lately about fungicide half-life and what it means for disease control and fungicide resistance risk. Half-life is the time required for a substance to be broken down into half the original amount. It ...

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Pebble Beach personalities

May 23, 2019 By Seth Jones

Steven Spatafore Assistant-in-Training It’s fair to say the 2008 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am changed the life of then-12-year-old Steven Spatafore. Not because he had a chance encounter with Kevin Costner, Ray Romano or Kevin James. Huey Lewis could have walked ...

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