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Modernizing the rules of golf

April 11, 2017 By Seth Jones

Golfdom discusses the proposed rules changes with the USGA’s Craig Winter, director of rules and amateur status. Five years in the making, the United States Golf Association and the Royal & Ancient last month unveiled proposed changes to “modernize” the ...

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Sorry, Doc, golf isn’t dead, it’s changing

April 7, 2017 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

In the last 10 years or so we have seen assistant superintendents leaving the profession to the point where there is a lack of new college graduates to fill assistant superintendent positions around the country. The loss and lack of ...

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Telling our story

April 7, 2017 By Steven Wright

Golf course superintendents, in general, are good about sharing positive stories, experiences and events to promote our profession. We’re most comfortable preaching to the choir or to like-minded individuals in the business. I often refer to our business as a ...

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Golfdom Gallery: April 2017

April 7, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

1. Turbo Tom and Too Tall Tim Roaming the South Dakota GCSA trade show we saw two familiar faces — Tom Steigauf, Bayer Environmental Science, and Tim Fleegel, MTI Distributing, Toro distributor for the upper Midwest. 2. Fancy flip phone ...

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My Second Office: Barry J. Kendall

April 7, 2017 By Seth Jones

After 14 years, Barry J. Kendall, superintendent at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club, says Colorado feels like home. The Michigan native studied turf at Michigan State, then took an internship at Cherry Hills CC, Cherry Hills Village, Colo. He was ...

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