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Superintendent & Turf Blogs
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Toro Tours to "Master the Greens" - In the spring and summer of 2011, Toro toured the US with the new TriFlex, TriFlex Hybrid, Greensmaster Flex and eFlex walk mowers. Here are some initial...
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Updates to the Storage Area - Winter is a great time of year for our department to analyze our maintenance facility and look for areas where we can improve an update the overall appeara...
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Error in Olympic Room entrance opening date - In my last post regarding the Marvin Pierson Plaza work, I mentioned that the Olympic Room entrance could be open tentatively by February 18th. *I looked ...9 hours ago
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Winter Weather Update 2-13-12 - Some facilities have received snow cover while others remain open to the winter conditions. Now it’s finally starting to feel like winter. The high temperat...
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Legendary architect Cornish dies at age 97 - Golf course design has lost one of its most notable names. Geoffrey Cornish, a fellow of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA), a past presi...4 days ago
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Storm Damage Vol. 3 - Hope you enjoy the video. It hardly shows the danger of the job, but if you watch closely you can see how close some of the logs that weighed over 2000l...
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A New Year and Winter Meetings - Happy belated New Year! I know I haven’t had a recent contribution to the blog, but things got pretty busy for the Turf Team at Oklahoma State Univers...2 weeks ago
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Help with ground-nesting bees - From Margarita M. López-Uribe (mml82@cornell.edu), Ph.D. candidate Department of Entomology Cornell University: I am graduate student at Cornell University...2 months ago
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Phil Mickelson Sizzled, While Tiger Woods Fizzled - Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were paired in the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.1 day ago
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SNEWGA Social - March 10th - Ladies, are you curious about SNEWGA (Southern New England Women's Golf Association)? Have you been yearning to play more golf and participate in frien...4 days ago
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First Travelers entries - The Travelers Championship got off to a good start Friday with the announcement of its first official commitments for the $6 million event.Defending champion...4 days ago
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The fight will go on - I can't say the news was unexpected. But today I heard that the organizers of the LPGA Futures Tour event held in CT for the past 13 years had reached the en...5 days ago
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Questions Surround Gulbis Decision To Pose With Painted Swimsuit In Swimsuit Issue - You can feel the tension as golf.com's Jeff Ritter doesn't back down in questioning the decision to use a body painted swimsuit for *Natalie Gulbis's* SI S...8 hours ago
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Environmentally Challenged - By: Rob Harris Proclaiming itself to be “Ohio’s finest and most convenient links style course,” the Phoenix Golf Links‘ website intro ends with the faint s...17 hours ago
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As Tiger Stumbles, We Hear Excuses but Not from Him - It's understandable that television announcers want Eldrick Woods to play well. With Tiger in contention, ratings skyrocket. For too long, though, those w...1 day ago
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- Paul Sabino
- Wallingford, CT, United States
- I am the Golf Course Superintendent at The Farms Country Club. I have worked here since 1983. I have been the Superintendent since September of 1990.
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