Maintenance

Students win award for device that reduces lawn mower emissions

November 2, 2015 By Grant Gannon

A team of University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering students won a national sustainable development award last month for creating a device that reduces emissions from lawn mowers. The team their advisor and the university will receive $43,000 ...

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Early Order Program Guide

October 16, 2015 By Stacie Zinn Roberts

How early order programs benefit your course and the industry From course to course, challenges differ. Even courses that border each other have unique challenges despite their close proximity. The importance of maximizing maintenance dollars, however, might be the one ...

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Victim or Victor: What are online tee times doing for your course?

October 15, 2015 By Grant Gannon

Trying to learn from the hotel industry, golf grapples to make third-party online tee time websites work for them. They go by many names, are run by companies big and small and reach U.S. golf courses in states from the ...

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At the heart of it all: Executing a pump station renovation

October 15, 2015 By Anthony Williams

By Bob Scott, ASIC, CID, CLIA and Anthony Williams, CGCS, CGM Renovation projects are a part of any golf facility’s long-term planning and success. Some renovations are simple, some complex, and all are as diverse as golf courses themselves. When ...

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Golfdom Gallery: September 2015

September 23, 2015 By Joelle Harms

PGA Championship Edition 1. Atypical tourist The privilege, nay, the honor, of planting the flags before Thursday morning’s round was bestowed upon John Reid, assistant greenkeeper of The Duke’s, St. Andrews. 2. Beauty shot While taking shelter from the rain ...

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Getting by with a little help from friends: Unlikely duo helps Wolf Creek

September 23, 2015 By Seth Jones

The unlikely duo of a Haz-Mat Response company owner and a World Golf Hall of Famer team up to help Wolf Creek members improve their course. Wolf Creek Golf Club, located in Olathe, Kan., considers itself a “player’s club.” Of ...

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