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Superintendent Profile: Dan Koops
How did you get your start in the golf industry? I was working in the lawn care industry in Michigan…
Markers Inc.
...call it curiosity or persistence, we prefer to call it innovation ...applying new materials to proven products for longer life,…
Bridging the Gap
The relationship between golf courses and bridges goes beyond the need for functional structures to span water, wetlands, gulches, roadways…
All the Comforts of Home
Although they are one of the most important features on a golf course—at times quite critical—restroom facilities are often one…
First Green Merges Golf with STEM Learning
After hosting his initial First Green field trip in 2013, Frank Tichenor, the longtime superintendent at Forest Hill Field Club…
Old Town Club
As the Great Depression cruelly ravaged American families and businesses, a three-year old Augusta National Golf Club recalled Perry Maxwell,…
State of golf course design and development
With this month’s national elections culminating 18 months of campaigning and considerable anticipation to the direction the United States shall…
Will the 2013 U.S. Open at the Merion Golf Club be the final straw in the golf equipment debate?
With the next United States Open Championship being played at the venerable Merion Golf Club outside of Philadelphia next June,…
Golf Course master planning
As a golf course superintendent, you have probably contemplated or may have already completed one or more renovation projects at…
Sustainability…ugh…not just another buzz word
Recently, I was at a turf maintenance seminar about “sustainability” as it applies to golf course and turf maintenance. It…