Guest Blog: Ken Cousineau, CGSA

The calendar has turned to a new year and while, for most of Canada, the turfgrass is dormant under a blanket of snow that in no way means that superintendents, assistant superintendents and equipment technicians are taking a complete hiatus from all things related to the golf course. For many, this marks a busy time [...]

Guest Blog: Scott Simmons, Golf Canada

Like many GNN readers, I enjoy reading the blogs and I’m thankful that Hutch invited me to share my thoughts and clarify a few things with respect to Golf Canada and our new membership initiative. When we launched Golf Canada back on April 22, we introduced a new consumer facing brand for our organization, as [...]

Preparing For My Second Major At St. George’s

Keith Bartlett, the superintendent at St. George’s Golf and Country Club, has been contributing a regular GNN blog as he prepared the course for last week’s RBC Canadian Open. In this contribution, he looks back at the week that was and ahead to getting the course ready for the club championship, which gets underway Aug. [...]

Open Was A Positive Experience For St. George’s

Joe Murphy, general manager of the St. George’s Golf and Country Club, has been writing a regular blog leading up to this year’s RBC Canadian Open and now that it’s over, he deals with the experience from a club perspective and the question of whether St. George’s would consider hosting the national championship again.   [...]

Greens Will Likely Roll 11, Rough At Four Inches

Keith Bartlett, superintendent for the St. George’s Golf and Country Club, will be a key man in the weeks leading up to the 2010 RBC Canadian Open. As the Open gets closer, Keith will be contributing a regular blog on GNN, describing his experiences and what goes into preparing the course for a PGA Tour [...]

Merchandising Is Big Business For Host Club

Joe Murphy is general manager of the St. George’s Golf and Country Club, the host site of the 2010 RBC Canadian Open in Toronto. Murphy will contribute a guest blog each week about operations at the host club leading up to the national championship. One of the benefits to hosting the RBC Canadian Open is [...]

The Heat Was On, But I’m Pleased Where We Are

Keith Bartlett, superintendent for the St. George’s Golf and Country Club, will be a key man in the weeks leading up to the 2010 RBC Canadian Open. As the Open gets closer, Keith will be contributing a regular blog on GNN, describing his experiences and what goes into preparing the course for a PGA Tour [...]

Communication Is Key Among All Involved Parties

Joe Murphy is general manager of the St. George’s Golf and Country Club, the host site of the 2010 RBC Canadian Open in Toronto. Murphy will contribute a guest blog each week about operations at the host club leading up to the national championship. Communication is critical with all of the organizations involved in something [...]

Showtime Is Now For St. George’s Course Preparation

Keith Bartlett, superintendent for the St. George’s Golf and Country Club, will be a key man in the weeks leading up to the 2010 RBC Canadian Open. As the Open gets closer, Keith will be contributing a regular blog on GNN, describing his experiences and what goes into preparing the course for a PGA Tour [...]

The Buzz Is Building At St. George’s

Joe Murphy is general manager of the St. George’s Golf and Country Club, the host site of the 2010 RBC Canadian Open in Toronto. Murphy will contribute a guest blog each week about operations at the host club leading up to the national championship. There’s a lot of excitement around the St. George’s Golf and [...]

We Do Have Turf Issues Before The Open

Keith Bartlett, superintendent for the St. George’s Golf and Country Club, will be a key man in the weeks leading up to the 2010 RBC Canadian Open. As the Open gets closer, Keith will be contributing a regular blog on GNN, describing his experiences and what goes into preparing the course for a PGA Tour [...]

St. George’s Welcomes The Worldwide Audience

Joe Murphy is general manager of the St. George’s Golf and Country Club, the host site of the 2010 RBC Canadian Open in Toronto. Murphy will contribute a guest blog each week about operations at the host club leading up to the national championship. I think what the RBC Canadian Open does for the St. [...]

I’ll Get By With A Lot Of Help From My Friends

Keith Bartlett, superintendent for the St. George’s Golf and Country Club, will be a key man in the weeks leading up to the 2010 RBC Canadian Open. As the Open gets closer, Keith will be contributing a regular blog on GNN, describing his experiences and what goes into preparing the course for a PGA Tour [...]

Golf Community Rallies Around Open At St. George’s

Joe Murphy is general manager of the St. George’s Golf and Country Club, the host site of the 2010 RBC Canadian Open next month in Toronto. Murphy will contribute a guest blog each week about operations at the host club leading up to the national championship. As I mentioned in my previous blog, several clubs [...]

Prepping For Pros Means A Different Mindset

Keith Bartlett, superintendent for the St. George’s Golf and Country Club, will be a key man in the weeks leading up to the 2010 RBC Canadian Open. As the Open gets closer, Keith will be contributing a regular blog on GNN, describing his experiences and what goes into preparing the course for a PGA Tour [...]

St. George’s Staff Ready For The Show

Joe Murphy is general manager of the St. George’s Golf and Country Club, the host site of the 2010 RBC Canadian Open next month in Toronto. Murphy will contribute a guest blog each week about operations at the host club leading up to the national championship. The clubhouse operation during the Canadian Open is taken [...]

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