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USGA names Bruce Clarke, Ph.D., 2016 Green Section Award winner

December 1, 2015 By
The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced Bruce Clarke, Ph.D., Rutgers University, as the recipient of the 2016 USGA Green Section Award. Presented annually since 1961, the USGA Green Section Award recognizes an individual’s distinguished service to the game of ...

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Ohio Turfgrass Foundation honors Zach Wike for environmental initiatives

November 19, 2015 By
The Ohio Turfgrass Foundation has selected Zachary Wike, assistant superintendent at Beavercreek Golf Club in Beavercreek, Ohio, to receive its Environmental Stewardship Award. Wike led the effort for Beavercreek Golf Club to achieve the designation as a Certified Audubon Cooperative ...

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Golfdom Gallery: November 2015

November 13, 2015 By
1. Quick Q&A Associate Editor Grant B. Gannon interviews Brandt Snedeker at the PGA Championship. 2. Green friendships Assistant Superintendents (L to R) Sean Van Beurden, Westmont G&CC, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; Cam Shaw, Piper’s Heath GC, Milton, Ontario; Logan Murphy, ...

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Make yourself at home: Major turf companies continue to host superintendents

November 13, 2015 By
By hosting superintendents on their corporate turf, companies hope to build relationships that will last a lifetime. Companies hosting superintendents on their corporate turf is nothing new. A look back at the Golfdom archive shows an event hosted by The ...

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The 19th Hole: Chris Harriman

November 13, 2015 By
Superintendent // Cattail Creek Country Club, Glenwood, Md. What are you drinking? Something dark off the tap… an IPA. You went to both Auburn and Penn State? I got my undergrad from Auburn, Masters from Penn State online. I was an ...

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A call to duty

November 6, 2015 By
In 1920, Inverness Country Club, Toledo, Ohio, played host to the U.S. Open. At the time, the greens chairman complained about — or maybe brought to light — the lack of an impartial source of agronomic information for maintaining a ...

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