Last week's post about superintendents who had taken the plunge into cyberspace and started blogs about the golf course maintenance activities at their facilities elicited a couple of e-mails on the subject that brought my attention to even more blogs for our coveted (at least I think it's coveted!) list of Super Bloggers.
First, I heard from William Brown, CGCS, who is a regional agronomist for Pegasus Golf Management and oversees maintenance at Hartfeld National GC in Avondale, Pa. Brown and I have also connected on Twitter (follow us at @GCM_Magazine, follow Brown at @greensuper), but I was unaware of his blog until he contacted me last week. He started the blog earlier this summer, and the reaction has been, in his words, "fantastic." Here's what he wrote about the blog:
"It has been my most valuable tool this year. Like most private clubs, especially in this economy, members thirst of information. I was finding with our weekly club e-blast, information was outdated by the time the e-blast was sent out on Fridays. After reading an article on social networking, I decided to start a blog. It has been fantastic! I have been able ... to put important information in front of my members in a much more timely manner. The members love it because it has also opened an additional channel of communication to me. I can't put a price tag on what this has done for me."
The other note I received came from Mike McCullough, who is the director of water and environmental resources for the Northern California Golf Association. The NCGA has an internship program that places interested parties at golf courses in that part of the world. Drew Bennett, a recent Penn State graduate, is currently taking part in the program and is blogging about his experiences at Corral de Tierra CC.
As always, both of these blog have found a permanent home in our Super Blogger list we maintain on the right side of this page. And like Brown and McCullough did, if you'd like to bring my attention to anything you're doing on the Internet about your golf course and your maintenance activities, let me know about it. You can e-mail me or leave a comment here on the blog.
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