Author: Craig Kessler
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Governmental Affairs: Whither Municipal Golf
“Existential” is a word thrown around with impunity. It’s used to describe challenges of all sorts, many of them minor in nature, but in its generic ... -
Governmental Affairs: Why We Do What We Do
THE GAME’S CHALLENGES AREN’T GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON SCGA GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS was asked by the International Association of Golf Administrators (IAGA) to participate in a 75-minute ... -
Local Spotlight: El Cariso Golf Course
COMMUNITY, FAMILY, MENTORING, GIVING BACK … AND, OH YES, GOLF TOO GEORGE LOPEZ belongs to two of the Southland’s toniest private country clubs. But he calls ... -
The Strange Case of Glyphosate (Roundup)
OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE IRRATIONALITY THAT PERVADES THE MAKING OF LAWS If you are not yet aware of the stampede ... -
A Class Unto Itself: California’s Coachella Valley
Sui generis — Latin for “a class unto itself.” Desert — there are lots of them in California, but only one when the subject is golf. ... -
New Chapter: Iconic Brookside GC Turns the Page in a Long Story
Millions around the world recognize it as the place where thousands of cars are parked for the Rose Bowl game every New Year’s Day. Golfers recognize ... -
Election 18- The Numbers Behind California’s Numbers
When all is said and done, and with recounts and slow counts all is not yet said and done, it looks like the Democrats will have ... -
Ignorance Is Not Bliss
As the golf world gets ready to digest the most significant changes to the Rules of Golf in 34 years, we are sure to hear the ... -
Golf Celebrates the Fruits of Research at UC Riverside Turfgrass Field Day
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but research is its facilitator. And that’s what the Turf Program at UC Riverside celebrates at the school’s annual ... -
Golf in the Land of Permanent Drought
As much as we would like to think that it’s the bone-dry years that are the exception, the facts say otherwise. It’s the wet winter that ...
