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Cleveland rocks (and hip-hops)

June 27, 2013 By Seth Jones

What a week! I’ve been in Cleveland all week, meeting at our corporate headquarters. I get up here two or three times a year, and time always flies. Of course, it helps that we also have some fun whenever I ...

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Staples Golf names new Vice President of Design and Management

June 26, 2013 By Kelly Limpert

Staples Golf Resource Group, LLC. And Andy Staples, ASGCA Associate have named Doug Long Vice President of Design and Management. His responsibilities will include assisting in servicing the company’s current design projects across the U.S. and playing an increased role ...

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Plant Health Series: Part 2

June 1, 2013 By Seth Jones

So much music is about summer. Whether they’re singing “hot fun in the summertime…” or “summertime and the living’s easy…” we change the station. Summer isn’t fun, and it’s not easy. It’s stressful. For turf and for superintendents. But with ...

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Plant Health Series: Part 1

May 1, 2013 By Beth Geraci

How about this weather? Many parts of the country saw snow in May. Snow in May? Mother Nature’s sense of humor seems to get more peculiar by the year. Now summer stares us down. The golfers will shake off ...

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Looking for a fixer

April 11, 2013 By Stacie Zinn Roberts

At a time when equipment managers are scarce, educators are working to trumpet the profession Ken Mullin launched his career at Skagit Golf & Country Club in Burlington, Wash., 37 years ago, working on the grounds crew. But he was ...

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Early to rise: Young supers

April 1, 2013 By Beth Geraci

Six young supers already are basking in success. And they’re no older than 30. You hear about them often — aspiring young greenkeepers fresh out of turf school. They’re hungry. They’re talented. They’re eager to prove themselves as assistants. They know ...

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