Golfdom, March 2014

The Jones Collecting memories T Before I get to my regular column a note about this months issue his issue is our first Greens Theme issue Weve focused much of our content this month on the most important part of a golf course the almighty putting green Weve got a story about the hard work conducted by assistant superintendents in Wisconsin to help the First Tee by building a new green over a weekend Mark Woodward writing about the trickiest green of his career Karl Danneberger writing an ode to greens Clark Throssell discussing the benefits of fans around greens with Bert McCarty and two research articles one focused on managing dollar spot and the other on how to increase the value of fungicide applications 6 Golfdom March 2014 I ALSO COLLECT EMPTY BEER CANS I myself will be ducking the theme for the issue because lets face it unless you want advice on how to three putt greens Im not much help Ill leave the words of wisdom to the real experts on this topic and continue being happy to have the opportunity to enjoy some of the best greens in the country month in and month out by being the editor inchief of this magazine of Golfdom Ive got a great sports memorabilia collection of my two favorite teams the Kansas Jayhawks and the Wichita Wings a defunct indoor soccer team I grew up watching I also enjoy coin operated machines currently I have two arcade games and a jukebox in the house And for obvious reasons Ive also begun collecting Golfdom memorabilia Even though my wife is asleep as I write this Im sure she just shuddered and is now in the middle of a nightmare about me starting a new collection There are three new acquisitions to the Jonesy Golfdom collection I want to tell you about because theyre all recent and in my opinion theyre all pretty cool I asked Rees Jones to help me present the Herb Graffis Businessperson of the Year Award during the Golf Industry Show and he was happy So what do I want to focus on this month A successful Golf Industry Show Industry trends My 1964 Impala How about another topic near and dear to my heart collecting Ive admitted here before that Im a collector I have about 5000 comic books neatly stored in a room 20 feet from where I write edit every issue Keeping up with Rees then pulled out some papers from his jacket pocket and stuffed them in my hand This is a letter Herb Graffis wrote to my father I want you to have it he said SETH JONES Editor in Chief Continued on page 42