Local golf fans help maintain Erin Hills during the U.S. Open

A handful of amateur golfers have turned into amateur maintenance crew members for this week for the chance to be at the 2017 U.S. Open. Each year golf course maintenance professionals travel from hundreds to thousands of miles away from ...

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USGA overreacting to players complaints? Na.

Tuesday morning the maintenance crew found themselves in the spotlight when they were sent out to mow down rough mid-morning, while practice rounds were being played. I was standing right there with the crew when they started pull-starting mowers, blowers ...

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Talking conditions at 2017 U.S. Open Pt. 2

We spent a lot of time with the maintenance staff learning about them and what it took to get the course to where it is today, but it was time to ask the professional golfers what they thought of all ...

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Talking conditions at 2017 US Open Pt. 1

We’ve been busy at the U.S. Open, with not much to show for it on the blog yet. Mostly we’ve been tweeting while also stashing photos and stories in anticipation of our enewsletter that deploys tomorrow (sign up for that ...

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Follow 5 Superintendents This Summer As BASF Launches ‘Championship Rejuvenation’ Program

We invite you to follow along this year as five golf courses with diverse back stories — and different turf treatment approaches — are putting BASF turf products to the test as part of the company’s second annual “Championship Rejuvenation” ...

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