Campaigning for Golf on Capitol Hill National Golf Day 2012 Recap

Last week at the fifth annual National Golf Day in Washington D.C. I had the opportunity to represent the Golf Course Builders Association of America (GCBAA). I was proud to advocate for all of the small businesses that make up the golf industry in the U.S. On...

A Common Field One Day, A Field of Honor Forever

The Flight 93 National Memorial will soon take its place alongside other U.S. sites of honor such as Gettysburg and Pearl Harbor. What began as an ordinary Tuesday morning on September 11, 2001 ended as a tragic day for our nation. Because of the actions of the 40...

Brown is the New Green – Overstated

The phrase, “brown is the new green” was buzzing around the golf industry earlier this year. Jim Moore, USGA Agronomist, published an article in the GCBAA Earth Shaping News with this title. Controversy arose as some folks thought this meant that they were...

Custom Blending For The Buckeyes

Soon football season will be upon us and the Ohio State Buckeyes football team will get to work on their new outdoor practice fields at the Woody Hayes football practice facility. The fields they will be using are being installed with an uncommon rootzone mixture that...