Travelogue: 2018 Masters
I missed the Masters last year, electing to take in the first Major of the year, the LPGA’s ANA Inspiration in 2017. So this was my first time getting to Augusta National in more than 700 days. I forgot how ...Read More
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Michigan versus Pepperdine, 1994: A March Madness story
This Thursday my Jayhawks will tip off against the Penn Quakers at the Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kan. The fact that the game is being played in Wichita got me nostalgic for the last time the NCAA played tournament ...Read More
Parting shots from GIS 2018
Did the 2018 Golf Industry Show ever really happen? It must have, because I have a mountainous pile of press releases, plenty of fresh equipment photos on my phone and, a week later, a still-wrecked sleep schedule from the late ...Read More
Jonesy’s GIS notebook: meetings that stood out
The John Deere booth had all sorts of activity. My friend Ren Wilkes, regional sales manager for Deere, told me the items that were getting the most attention in the booth was the 6500A PrecisionCut Fairway Mower, the OnLink demonstrations ...Read More
GIS 2018 in pictures
Greenworks Tools Senior Product Manager David Glueck makes short work of an Oak tree with a battery-powered chainsaw. Booths like Quali-Pro offered plenty of activities to keep GIS attendees around, including this beer-pong-meets-chipping-game. Golfdom Group Publisher Bill Roddy showed off ...Read More
Jonesy’s GIS notebook: odds and ends
Let’s go Chief! At the Standard Golf booth, I saw my old pal Matt Pauli, who recently became part owner (along with all the rest of his co-workers) of the company. He had a new rake called The Chief that ...Read More