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Gil Hanse talks turf with Golfdom

September 30, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Architect Gil Hanse chats with Seth Jones on Golfdom TV on a few various topics. To read the full Q&A with Hanse, be sure to check it out in our September issue. To view the video interview with Rio Olympic course ...

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Syngenta appoints new chief operating officer

September 29, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Syngenta announced that John Atkin, chief operating officer, will retire from the company at the end of 2014 and will be succeeded by Jon Parr, who will assume responsibility for two of the company’s four regions: Europe, Africa, the Middle East and ...

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Q&A: The Turf Stig

September 24, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Here at Golfdom HQ, we’re constantly checking Twitter (follow us @Golfdom.) We’re not sure what to make of the mysterious turf professional tweeting as The Turf Stig, but we know we find him hilarious. Recently, we tracked down the anonymous ...

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Golfdom Gallery: September 2014

September 24, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Another day in the office Golfdom publisher Pat Roberts (right) was nowhere to be found last Friday. Where was he? Visiting Brent Palich, director of golf course operations at Mayfield Sand Ridge in Chardon, Ohio. Naturally. Volunteers welcome Conway, S.C.-based ...

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The Golden Touch: A conversation with Architect Gil Hanse

September 24, 2014 By Seth Jones

It is graduation weekend, and Gil Hanse’s daughter Chelsea is graduating from Villanova’s School of Law. People are flying in at this very moment. But Hanse doesn’t seem rushed. Dressed in a pink golf shirt, the lanky architect (he’s 6’5” ...

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The 19th Hole: Andy Bates