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GCSAA to honor Herbert Kohler Jr. with 2016 Old Tom Morris Award

August 4, 2015 By Joelle Harms

The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) has announced that Herbert V. Kohler Jr. will be the recipient of the 2016 Old Tom Morris Award. Kohler served as CEO of Kohler for 43 years and led the company into golf and ...

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Carolinas GCSA honors Steve Sheets

August 3, 2015 By Joelle Harms

The Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Association (Carolinas GCSA) has honored Steve Sheets with its 2015 Distinguished Service Award. Sheets is the director of golf course maintenance, development and operations at Linville Ridge Golf Club in Linville, N.C. The award is the highest honor ...

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Plant Health Part 3: Top tips for surviving summer

July 22, 2015 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

These tips from four industry experts can help superintendents beat the heat. Creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera) and annual bluegrass (Poa annua) putting greens experience some degree of heat stress nearly every summer. The amount of damage from heat stress varies ...

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Photos by: The PGA of America | Seth Jones | Hayley McCormick/Epic Creative

Whistling Straits takes its turn

July 22, 2015 By Seth Jones

In a year of links-y Majors, Pete Dye’s 1998 design gets its turn in the spotlight. With the first three Majors of 2015 in the rearview, all eyes now look to the final Major of the year, at the Straits ...

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Photos by: Seth Jones (1-5, 7-14) | Tim Huber (6)

Golfdom Gallery: July 2015

July 16, 2015 By Seth Jones

1. Walk the line Danny Vandecoevering, Charbonneau GC, Wilsonville, Ore., keeps a straight line as he mows No. 17 green at Chambers Bay. 2. Greetings from beautiful Washington State Dave Oatis, USGA Northeast Regional Director, and Kimberly Erusha, Ph.D., USGA ...

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My Second Office: Scott Griffith, UGA Golf Course

July 16, 2015 By Grant Gannon

About our host The University of Georgia football team plays its games in Sanford Stadium “between the hedges,” but its golf teams know home as the Robert Trent Jones-designed UGA Golf Course in Athens, Ga. The manager of that home, ...

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