Golfdom, January 2013

they dont allow coolers Keeping up with The Jones Our new in depth research section includes current news commentary and questions and answers SETH JONES Editor in Chief Welcome to the new Golfdom A 1964 Chevy Impala Vincent van Goghs Starry Night Cameron Diaz in The Mask All things that greatly please my eye Add to that list the new Golfdom Look no one has ever asked me to judge a fashion show are fashion shows even judged I cant tell you how many times my wife has stopped me before leaving the house to warn me that the two or three or four colors Im wearing dont go together I know Ive got no style Thats why Im glad I have people like Pete Seltzer and Carrie Parkhill Wallace working with me people who know how to make a magazine look good The new look of this magazine from the bolder logo on the cover to the improved look of The 19th Hole Q A on the back page is all their handiwork And I want to congratulate them on doing one heck of a job As I mentioned last month this is the first time Golfdom has had a redesign since the magazine relaunched in 1999 I know a lot of readers have been with us since then so hopefully the new look is a welcomed change As your we did in this issue even include a shot taken from inside a mens room Hey its not often we see Britney Spears in the mens room Perhaps the most startling change is our research section Beginning with this issue youll see a clear effort to have the best research section in the industry We feel that since we already have two of the most respected turf researchers in the nation as regular contributors Clark Throssell Ph D and Karl Danneberger Ph D we might as well swing for the fences And thats what weve done Weve taken the risk of ditching the old comfortable title of Turfgrass Trends in favor of a new title Our new research section is now called Super Science and includes a combination of current news in depth research commentary and questions and answers Throssell holds the keys to that section and I cant think of anyone Id rather have behind the wheel Watch and see and tell me if it isnt something bold something to be proud of I like to joke around here in these pages but I assure you we take this job of publishing a quality magazine very seriously I welcome your feedback on our new look I may be lousy at dressing myself but my magazine is dressed to impress Email Jones at sjones@ northcoastmedia net host of this magazine let me officially welcome you to the new look Golfdom by pointing out some of the changes weve made Our front of the book news section now called Starter features shorter stories and a more whimsical attitude Youll even find a golf joke submitted by a reader every month Superintendent Joe Stribley gets us started off with a doozy If youve got a good one Id ask you to email it to us for a future issue We welcome a new columnist to the magazine Matt Neff an assistant superintendent in Ohio who will be penning the appropriately named Assistant Living column We want to support our assistant superintendent readers out there and Matts column will help serve this purpose Among our new departments is My Second Office where one of our readers gives us a tour of his office Bob Rogers at Big Spring CC in Louisville Ky was gracious enough to be our first Second Office interview Just like were looking for your good golf jokes were also looking for readers who would like to let us into their offices again shoot us an email The Golfdom Gallery unveiled a few issues ago will be a more regular feature in the magazine We like to show off the places weve visited each month so be prepared to see us snapping photos at a cocktail hour near you Or as 8 Golfdom January 2013 Golfdom com