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BASF’s Jeff Vannoy talks plant health at the U.S. Open

June 15, 2016 By
Jeff Vannoy, senior product manager, BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals, discusses plant health and how BASF uses science to quantifying the subjective term. We also ask him who he has coming out on top at the end of the weekend. ...

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Photos by: Pete seltzer, Seth Jones, Dave Delsandro, Brian Kaldorf, USGA/John Mummert

2016 U.S. Open Preview: What’s old is new again

June 9, 2016 By
Back again at legendary Oakmont, the U.S. Open returns (for a record ninth time!) to a course that would look familiar to architect Henry Fownes. Oh, it’s on now. After two U.S. Opens celebrated for experimentation, the 2016 U.S. Open ...

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Golfdom Gallery: To the Masters and back

May 16, 2016 By
1. Pilot to co-pilot Not a bad way to travel to the Masters: a private plane. They even let Golfdom EIC Seth Jones fly shotgun. 2. Sweeney and the Lion You’ve got to buy a trinket from John Daly when ...

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Talking golf’s future, challenges with Jim Moore

May 16, 2016 By
Jim Moore is director of education for the USGA Green Section. He began his career in the golf industry as a superintendent and has worked with the USGA for more than 30 years. Jim is retiring June 1, 2016, and ...

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Photos: pete seltzer, ZZ top promotional photo

The 19th Hole: Johnny Walker

May 16, 2016 By
Johnny Walker Director of Golf Course Maintenance // Bentwater Yacht & CC, Montgomery, Texas After 18 holes, what are you drinking? Well, if I’m buying, it’s beer. If someone else is buying, it’s bourbon. Congratulations on being elected to the ...

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Don’t let history die, write it down

May 13, 2016 By
Two guys with 30 years between them — who’ve only recently met — said almost the exact same thing to me. Mike McCormick, assistant superintendent at Oakmont (Pa.) CC said to me about the restoration of the course, “I felt ...

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