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The Golfdom Files Extended: The next 25 years

January 22, 2015 By Grant Gannon

For the January 2015 Golfdom Files, we took a step into the time machine and brought out an article that ran exactly 40 years prior, from the January 1975 Golfdom. The Next 25 Years By Jerry Claussen, National Golf Foundation ...

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The Golfdom Files Extended: Confessions of a club pro

December 19, 2014 By Grant Gannon

In December 2014 issue we published an article from the May 1967 issue of Golfdom written by an anonymous club professional. The pro goes into detail about his day-to-day relationships with the club administration and membership. Despite all of the challenging relationships he wrote about in ...

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Golfdom Files Extended: New bonanza in ’66

December 10, 2014 By Grant Gannon

In the November Golfdom we published this excerpt from the October-November 1965 issue about how golf courses planned on utilizing the unexpected funds they would receive when the Federal Excise Tax, a tax added in to products or services before sales ...

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From dream come true to worst nightmare

October 28, 2014 By Molly Gase

John Ramsey, superintendent at Gulf Shores (Ala.) Golf Club, went from the best-case scenario to the worst on his course. Converting to MiniVerde bermudagrass greens was a dream come true. “It’s the best grass I’ve ever dealt with,” he says. ...

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A conversation with Architect Gil Hanse continued

October 14, 2014 By Molly Gase

Gil Hanse, the architect hired to construct the 2016 Olympic course in Rio de Janeiro, sat down for a conversation with us not too long ago. Our September cover story, The Golden Touch: A conversation with Architect Gil Hanse, could ...

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The Golfdom Files Extended: Fire him? No!

September 24, 2014 By Molly Gase

Better appraise the kicks on the greenkeeper’s work By Lawrence S. Dickinson // Massachusetts Agricultural College Note: This article originally appeared in the September, 1928 issue of Golfdom I had just finished a good round of golf. It was a fine foursome, ...

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