Golfdom, April 2013
was cruising through an old issue of Golfdom from the 1940s the other day I skimmed a story w ritten by Golfdom founder Herb Graffis It went on for pages and it was all written as if he was talking one on one with the reader We dont do that often in modern day journalism Why I dont know As I read through thi s artic le it made m e feel li ke Gr af fis was ta l king to me and I thought that was pretty cool So I decided to borrow Mr Graffis 194 0s style for my report on the 2013 GIS Now if youre saying Seth didnt you guys already do a report on the GIS last issue Id say Thanks for closely reading and yes But That story was all about shaking hands and kissing babies if you know what I mean We wrote about large donations made to awesome benevolent funds about the mood at the show about who won the turf bowl Which is all fine and good but does any of that help you grow grass You could make an argument but So lets just say this notebook feature is more of the things I heard from industry people when discussing growing grass or at least maintaining a golf course And away we go I was walking by the Par Aide booth when I saw my pal Dan Brown vice president of the company Ive had the pleasure of playing some golf with Dan read he kicked my butt so it was Continued on page 28 PHOTO BY SETH JONES ISTOCKPHOTO PEN SHUTTERSTOCK NOTEPAD We cant read his chicken scratches Were glad he can BY SETH JONES good to catch up with him a safe distance from the golf course As Im standi ng there chatting with Dan walking toward me is Jeff Plotts head honcho at TPC Scottsdale host site of the Phoenix Waste Management Open After introducing the two I had to ask Plotts about the Phil Mickelson lip out that occurred on No 18 during the first round of the tournament Had that putt dropped Mickelson would have joined t he 59 club That was one of the Ever White Par Aide cups and it was cut perfectly Plotts said proudly We love them Had that putt been down the middle he wou ld have had the 59 April 2013 Golfdom 27 Golfdom com
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