Golden Horseshoe Golf Club is a far different place than when it opened in 1963 and Robert Trent Jones Sr. called it his “finest design.” The original Gold Course no longer stands alone, of course, joined in 1991 by Rees Jones’ and Greg Muirhead’s complementary Green...
My wife and I were bopping around Nashville, celebrating her birthday on a gorgeous Masters Sunday. I knew in the back of my mind that the Big Cat had a legitimate chance to win, but I refused to allow myself to believe it. He had teased and disappointed us too often...
The Toro Company named Jerry Pate Turf and Irrigation as its 2019 Best in Irrigation award recipient during its recent worldwide business meeting in San Diego. Each year, Toro recognizes its top-performing distributor in golf irrigation as part of its Partners in...
Biological Soil Management (BSM) is an investment in your soil, your property and your career that pays big dividends. For over 30 years, EarthWorks has been promoting the concepts of BSM that lead to sustainable reduction of fertilizers and other inputs. In the same...
It wouldn’t be The Masters with the Golfdom team without us taking advantage of photo opps with the Friends of Golfdom — the superintendents and industry pros who help golf courses recover. Photo: Ryan Franklin Andrew Sandner, design associate, Staples Golf, Jones and...
When we got kicked off of the course at Augusta National Golf Club (ANGC) on Tuesday morning’s practice rounds for the Masters due to approaching storms, I was a little bummed (though I did have fun texting a few people and telling them I’d been evicted for violating...
My 2019 Masters experience summed up: it was the worst of times, then the best of times. How could any experience at the Masters be ‘the worst of times,’ you ask? Easy. You could get rained out. Weather could delay (or prevent) your trip in to Augusta. You could be...
Left to right: Rich Sweeney, Plant Food Co.; Ricky Reeves, superintendent, Miami Beach GC; Robert Trent Jones II, ASGCA; and Nate Watkin, superintendent at Seagate CC, Delray Beach, Fla., smile for a photo together on Amen Corner at Augusta National. (Photo: Seth...
Brooks Koepka receives the GWAA Player of the Year award at the association’s awards banquet. Photo: Clara Richter This year’s Golf Writer’s Association of America (GWAA) awards banquet was a rather star-studded event. Brooks Koepka, Tiger Woods, Bernhard Langer,...
