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Month: April 2024

Construction Issues

Construction Issues

It’s crunch time for golf course superintendents everywhere as they work frantically to get their course ready for spring! Such is certainly the case at BMCC, where clubhouse construction activities, coupled with course maintenance activities, often have golfers dodging workers and equipment seemingly at every turn. Although this work is well-managed and scheduled, and workers appear well-trained in avoiding actions which might interfere with play, the paths of work, workers, and golfers occasionally intersect. I. Facts Foremost and his group…

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Tee Tantrums

Tee Tantrums

“ I would not have used this tee if it was a sanctioned event.” HC I. Facts Of course, all play is “sanctioned “ when Foremost is around, which is probably why he was asked to review the possibility of a serious equipment violation at BMCC by a heretofore well-respected golfer. Opponents called a foul on Reader HC who showed up and played with what his opponents suspected might be a non-conforming tee. Specifically, they questioned the directional arrow on…

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