So, this just happened ... a prototype of an autonomous fairway mower from @JohnDeere unveiled to a select group of customers and media at the company’s Golf Technology Preview.
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- Lasers aren’t just for greens mowing anymore ... laying down some lines in a fairway bunker on No. 18 at @PebbleBeachGolf. #USOpen @RainBirdGolf
00:00 - Work force: In case you missed it, meet the female volunteer grounds crew corps for the U.S. Women's Open at historic The Olympic Club in San Francisco.
- A struggling course in Illinois has found a star in superintendent Kelly Kuchelmeister, whose leadership and creativity have bolstered outlook on the property’s future: bit.ly/2P23cM4. #womeninturf
- Wow: PGA Tour Champions golfer Paul Goydos on superintendent Anthony Chapman/crew at muni En-Joie GC in Endicott, N.Y., for Dick's Sporting Goods Open. "I've never seen a public or municipal course in this type of condition. It's in as good of condition as any I've ever played."
- Going in style: Pinehurst No. 2 superintendent John Jeffreys provided a highway patrol escort for his crew on Hwy. 51 as they headed out for night duties on U.S. Open eve. @PinehurstResort @usopengolf
00:00 - Nice words today from @TheMasters Chairman Fred Ridley about the work of @GCSAA member Brad Owen and the team at Augusta National. "I think the course is in the best condition I've ever seen it in the 20 years that I've been a member here."
- Everybody loves a parade … rolling out for Tuesday evening maintenance at Southern Hills. @PGAChampionship
00:00 - Really cool seeing over 100 turf professionals chipping in to help spruce up the National Mall during the #NGD17 service project.
- What did an all-women crew of naval aviators want to do after conducting a Fourth of July flyover of Pebble Beach in honor of the @uswomensopen? They wanted to meet the @womeninturfteam helping prepare the course for the championship.
- Congratulations to 2020 Leo Feser Award winner Tyler Bloom, whose article “Ready, willing and able” about welcoming golf course employees with different abilities has been voted best superintendent-written article in GCM: bit.ly/3gppFiz.
- When he moved to the U.S. at age 14, 2019 @GCSAA President Rafael Barajas, CGCS, spoke no English and knew little about life in the States. Within a couple of years, however, he’d found work on a golf course and, in turn, his life’s passion: bit.ly/2ToHNAD.
- Jon Jennings, CGCS. His staff. Volunteers. They make this place, Shinnecock Hills, Super Tuesday. #USOpen
