Tag: Alan FitzGerald

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Musings from the Ledge: Mr. Stimpy isn’t a liar, but…

May 3, 2022 By
Alan Fitzgerald discusses using a stimpmeter, battling tropical storms and his personal ratings for the 2021 golf season. ...

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Musings from the Ledge: The generation game

December 4, 2020 By
Alan FitzGerald explains how golf course superintendents can effectively manage the different generations in their workforce. ...

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Optimistic about the future of golf

June 6, 2020 By
Alan FitzGerald compares golf maintenance during the coronavirus pandemic to golf maintenance in previous time periods such as during the World Wars. ...

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The importance of saying what you mean

March 11, 2020 By
On a recent transatlantic flight, between the boredom of yet another movie and waiting for the best time to climb over “Vegetable Lasagna” — my new seatmate — for the bathroom, I drifted back over my life in the United ...

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2020 Vision: State of the Industry recap

January 27, 2020 By
The beginning of a new decade sparks nostalgia for some, while at Golfdom, we’re eager to look to the future. In December 2019, we surveyed our readers on various topics, from their expectations for 2020 to their opinions on robot ...

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Peak maintenance in golf course management

January 9, 2020 By
Looking back over the last 150 years, it’s amazing to see how far humanity has come since the start of the Industrial Revolution, from transportation innovations of the 20th century that shrunk the planet, to space travel and the computer ...

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