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Luke Yoder interview

July 3, 2013 By Seth Jones

I’m not sure how many Golfdom readers saw this, so I wanted to point it out over here… Our sister publication, Athletic Turf News, did a profile on Luke Yoder, director of grounds for the San Diego Padres. Attendees of ...

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Hire 20 golf PR people for only $500?

July 2, 2013 By Seth Jones

If you had 20 golfers spreading the word about your course, encouraging people to come out and play… that’d be a good thing, right? Even better — what if you could pull it off for $500? Regular Golfdom contributor Steven ...

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No love for Caddyshack on EW’s top 100

June 28, 2013 By Seth Jones

The new Entertainment Weekly just hit my mailbox. In this issue, they’ve ranked their top 100 TV shows, albums, novels and movies, of all time. Flipping through their movie category, I see no “Caddyshack.” Ah, well. Not many comedies made ...

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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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