Golfdom, July 2017
Gallery 1 Shoppers anonymous Golfdom EIC Seth Jones ran into Justin Apel executive director of the Golf Course Builders Association of America at the merchandise tent at the U S Open If you ever see the two in matching U S Open golf shirts now you know why 2 Game room L to R Steve Abler of Reinders Inc and Jeff Vannoy and Eileen Sarro of BASF were diamond sponsors of the Erin Hills maintenance team No thats not the local sports bar in the background thats the volunteers game room 3 Walk the line It took the crew only about 30 minutes to mow down a swath of fescue rough that was knocked down by storms on No 14 at Erin Hills And it took Twitter only about 30 seconds to accuse the USGA of capitulating to player complaints 4 Big Cat on the doolies Brandon Big Cat LaMarche doesnt mess around Not only does he roll doolie with the double blowers he also wears a weighted vest when he caddies at Erin Hills BeastMode 5 Dialing in 18 fairway No 18 at Erin Hills measures 663 yards from the black tee Thats a pleasant ride for these 13 Toro fairway mowers 6 U S Open house party The party at Jason Straka of Fry Straka Global Golf Course Design included good food good conversation and of course good beer Left to right Don Habenicht VP of field operations Professional Golf Services Jarrod Dunlap Business Development Officer Samet Corp Straka Derek Dirksen shaper Derek Dirksen Golf Shaping Jones and Ashley Hoye manager Darby Dan Management Co y 1 3 2 4 5 6 E D I T I O N 14 Golfdom July 2017 Golfdom com
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