Tag: CGCS

A call to duty: USGA Green Section a blessing for the golf industry

November 13, 2015 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

In 1920, Inverness Country Club, Toledo, Ohio, played host to the U.S. Open. At the time, the greens chairman complained about — or maybe brought to light — the lack of an impartial source of agronomic information for maintaining a ...

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Course changes seen at Bay Hill’s Arnold Palmer Invitational

March 20, 2015 By Grant Gannon

When PGA Tour players like Jason Day, Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy stepped up to the tee box at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, they saw some substantial changes made to the Bay Hill Club & Lodge by its new superintendent Chris Flynn, ...

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Miller ready to return to LPGA

January 29, 2015 By Seth Jones

After four years working as GCSAA’s Field Staff representative for the Great Lakes region, John Miller, CGCS, is heading back to work with the LPGA. This time around the job remains the same, but the arrangement is a little different. ...

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Opinion: ‘It takes a lot of effort to look this cheap’

June 19, 2014 By Seth Jones

Editor’s note: Our old friend Scott Ramsay, CGCS at Yale Golf Course, has been following along with our U.S. Open coverage these last two weeks. Scott writes, “Thanks for the U.S. Open coverage. Y’all inspired me in my latest message ...

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The Pinehurst/BASF experience presented by BASF

June 12, 2014 By Seth Jones

In December of 2012, a new partnership was born: The Pinehurst/BASF experience. Going in, both parties were unsure what to expect. “I had no idea — I don’t know if any of us had an idea as successful or as ...

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Road Warriors: What the GCSAA field staff program means to chapters

April 17, 2014 By Seth Jones

These nine men comprise the GCSAA’s field staff program. Their mission: to help GCSAA chapters, big and small, across the nation. But can any program be everything to everyone? It’s about a 600-mile trek from Dallas/Fort Worth to Lajitas, Texas. ...

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