By Rich O'Brien, Operations Manager, PGA HOPE Charleston In the Summer of 2015, I interviewed Rand Jerris, Ph.D. the Senior Managing Director for Public Services for the United States Golf Association. He oversees many of the key functions of the...
By Harvey Silverman, Silverback Golf Marketing It's one of the great frustrations in golf. Golfers, superintendents, course owners, and operators all agree – unfixed ball marks suck and ruin the game. I got an email from Pasatiempo Golf Club, a...
Core Aerification: An Expensive, Wasteful Relic of Another Time By Parker Cohn, CEO, Performance Resource Management Nothing beats playing on your favorite course during the fall. The temperature is a near perfect 70° when you pull up to the club house. As you approach the pro...
March 2018 : Lack of clarity regarding the employer mandates seasonal worker exemption within the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continues to be a problem for the golf industry. Given our heavy reliance on seasonal workers, it is critical that the golf industry have a clear definition of seasonal...
Overview: Golf course operators and their superintendents are some of the nation's leading practitioners of integrated pest management, a philosophy that reduces the potential environmental risks of pesticide usage. However, pesticide users are now subject to a court-imposed requirement that...