Author: Craig Kessler
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Dark Clouds on Muni Golf’s Horizon
The SCGA opened last year with a bold announcement about 2020 being the year of municipal golf; the year we were going get down to focusing ... -
A Change is Gonna Come
Call it an inflection point. Call it a time for action. Call it a tipping point. Or perhaps wax poetic by summoning the timeless wisdom contained ... -
Governmental Affairs: The World Has Changed
BUT IT’S ONLY ACT I OF A LONG PLAY IN A SPEECH to the World Council of Churches in 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke the ... -
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 ...
