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READ MORE »Canada August 2011
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| I guess I would be Satified or Happy using this Complacent Chinese, OUCH, foot massage. Near the airport in Vancouver. |
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| Turf Care Field Day at Tarandowah Golfers Club in Ontario, Canada. |
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| Display of True-Surface GCC and Vibe-V rollers at Field Day. |
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| Percy Collins of Turf Carer Canada and Sylvain Dore, Superintendant at Les Boises de Joly in Joly, Quebec. Think we had a big enough trailer for the demo? Just kidding as we also had other equipment to drop off. |
Use of the True-Surface Greens Care Collection Trekker unit with a Vacu-Groomer attachment at La Tempete Golf Club in Quebec.
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British Open at Royal St. George – July 2011
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| Great sod bunker work that is synonymous with Links courses. |
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| True-Surface rollers being used at the British Open at Royal St. George. |
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| 2011 British Open winner Darren Clarke |
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| 2009 British Open Champion Stewart Cink |
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| 2 time Masters Champion Bernhard Langer |
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| 2011 US Open winner Rory McIlroy |
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| Beautiful sod bunkers that I probably could not pitch out of at the Open. |
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| Check out the undulation of this green at Royal St. George. WOW! |
Paris – July 2011
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| Sue with her afternoon wine at a great Bistro. |
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| Notre Dame Cathedral |
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| Sue with one of the smallest cars we had ever seen! |
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| Entrance to the Louvre Museum |
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| The Mona Lisa was on my bucket list to see. Check another one off! |
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| Look Ma no arms! Venus de Milo by Alexandros of Antioch. |
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| Great marketplace to buy French baguettes and croissants. |
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| Almost every type of cheese produced in France is sold at this stand. |
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| Seafood that was caught that morning for sale in the market on the streets of Paris. |
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| View from the top of Notre Dame Cathedral |
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| Bell that Quasimoto (Hunchback of Notre Dame) would have rode on. |
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| View of the Eiffel Tower from position across the Seine River where Adolf Hitler viewed it from during WW II. |
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| One of the skeletons found in the catacombs under the streets of Paris. Small boy in suit. |
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| People attach notes to locks and lock them to bridges over the Seine. Love notes, prayers, etc. |
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| The headstone of Jim Morrison (lead singer of The Doors). 40th Anniversary of his death this year. |
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| Sue in front of the Moulin Rouge Cabaret. |
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| The Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Basilique du Sacre-French Coeur). The highest point in Paris. 1,325 ft. above sea level. |
Taiwan and Vietnam 2011
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Toi Tankuranun and Annie Boriraj from John Deere enjoying Taiwanese dishes at the Tourist Market.
Ron Carlyle testing JD220E-Cut at JYI Field Day.
View down the Tourist Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan.
That will give you a splitting headache!
Practicing for my retirement job on the streets of Ha Noi, Vietnam.
View from one of the greens at Hanoi Golf Club, Ha Noi, Vietnam.
Welcoming sign inside the maintenance facilty.
Preparing for lunch with Manager and Superintendent from Hanoi Golf Club along with Tuyen and Duong from Mekong Machinery Company.
Great deep fried fish. Found out we are wasting time scaling the fish first. Scales fry up nicely!
Vietnam War era jeep totally refurbished at Flamingo Dai Lai Resort, Hanoi.
Beach Club at Flamingo Dai Lai Resort.
One heck of a tree carrier. Where is the root ball?
Two of the caddies at the Montgomerie Links Golf Club in Danang, Vietnam.
Roger Jones, Director of Grounds at Twin Doves Golf Club, with the sand washing and sorting station that he designed. Outside Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
Filling Station for the thousands of scooters on the streets of Vietnam.
Ice Cream vendor in HCM City, Vietnam.
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Hong Kong – June 2011
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As fresh as the seafood can get! Sold right off the boat.
The boat ride to Kau Sai Chau – The Jockey Club Golf Course.
Photo of Mongoose that help control the cobras at Kau Sai Chau golf course.
Eric Liu – Assistant Golf Course Superintendent at Kau Sai Chau.
Very nice turfgrass maintenance facilty at Kau Sai Chau.
This photo will give you some idea of the elevation changes in the course. Also shows the electric pig fence to keep the critters off of the course.
Myself, Christine Chan – Course Superintendent and Eric.
The variety of seafood and the freshness of the food is hard to beat at the pier in Sai Kung.
View of on of the Hong Kong subways during non rush hour. Some of the cleanest in the world.
Justin Chan from Shriro and Yeung Ka Wa, Golf Course Superintendent at Macau Golf and Country Club.
Justin Chan and Chan Yuen Hung, Manager of Discovery Bay Golf Club.
Low clouds looking back towards Hong Kong from Discovery Bay Golf Club.?
Pattaya, Thailand and Beijing, China – March 2011
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Not sure about this one for a meal. Have had pig intestine in Thailand before but was in a soup.
One of the great “taxis” in Pattaya, Thailand. Very cheap and efficient transportation.
Part of the group attending the Sustainable Turfgrass Conference in Pattaya.
Philip Russell fro?m the R & A explaining turfgrass conditions to attendees.
Michael Coffey from the R & A and a member at St. Andrews talking to attendees at Pattaya.
One of the roadside restaurants along the way from Bangkok to Pattaya.
Jeff Churchill from Smithco during Greenman banquet in Beijing, China while attending the 2011 China Golf Show.
Hessel Rozema of Redexim Charterhouse and Amy An of Greenman during Greenman 10 year celebration with John Deere banquet.
Jackie of G-Sports looking like he is getting ready to do the Crane position for battle as Leo looks on.
Do you want your mealworms crispy of soft?
Jason and I with the cheap chinese lightning on the left and the good stuff on the right in white bottle.
The cheap stuff did me in that night for sure.
Robin, Jason, Me, Christine and Leo before the great times and meals start to roll.?
BIGGA Show – Harrogate, UK January 2011
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Marcus Oliver, Alan Oliver, Mike Stott and Stuart Hutchins of GreenTek, UK.
Sun Ying and personnel from Greenman, Industries from China visiting booth.
Ex-President of GCSAA Mark Kuhns and his wife Janet.
Great display developed by the folks at GreenTek showing off our True-Surface Vibe-V vibratory greens rollers.
Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate is one of the best tea rooms in the UK if you ever get the chance to have a cup of English tea and a scone or biscuit.
Ireland – November 2010
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730 ft. tall Cliffs of Moher that were formed by giant glaciers during the last ice age near Lahinch, Ireland.
Durty Nelly’s Pub which was founded in 1620 standing next to Bunratty Castle which was constructed in 1425 by the MacNamara clan and occupied by the O’Briens in 1475.
Tony Roethler, Tim Roethler and Mike Null enjoying the Guinness St. James Gate at the factory in Dublin, Ireland.
The lads outside the Brazen Head Pub founded in 1198 is said to be the oldest pub in Ireland.
Michael Murphy, head greenskeeper/superintendent at Waterville Golf Links in Waterville, Ireland. The course is ranked number 35 in the world according to the Golf World (U.K.) June 2010 edition.
Tim Roethler enjoying a Jameson Whiskey at the Old Jameson Distillery in Dublin.
Mike Null pulling the perfect Guinness at Durty Nelly’s.
Tim Roethler pulling another perfect Guinness at Durty Nelly’s.
Tony Roethler topping off his perfectly pulled Guinness that is about to hit the lips after a Slainte salute.
Looks like Tony-Boy had too many perfect Guinness!
Ireland and Italy – Fall of 2010
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My wife Sue getting blown away with a stiff West Clare seashore breeze at Spanish Point, Ireland.
Local Mullagh resident telling cousin Jim O’Brien how it is as pub owner Noel Moroney watches on.
For any of you who used to watch BBC this is the home for the TV show Father Ted.
The Leon Pub at Quilty, Ireland that has really not been opened for years, but tourists still try to get in.
Rush hour in my village of Mullagh, Ireland.
Sue in the oldest market in Venice, Italy where any type of fruit or vegetable can be found.
This is a water taxi in Venice and the locals stand up to take a ride to the other side of the canal for around .50 Euros.
More locals standing up to cross canal. Usually only the tourist will sit down during crossing.
Great entrance to house on canal at high tide. Notice the steps under water at high tide, thus the sinking city.
The Rialto Bridge built around 1588. The original bridge was built on this site in 1181 which was a pontoon bridge and replaced with several wood versions until current bridge was finished in 1591.
Three young Italian beauties drinking from one of the 122 or so public water fountains. The city of Venice is one of the largest consumers of bottled water and the city is encouraging tourist and locals to drink from these fountains as the city is being buried under the empty plastic water bottle trash.
Sunset view of homes along the Grand Canal.
The filigree facade of the Ca’ d’Oro. Regarded as the loveliest of Venice’s Gothic palaces. Started construction in 1420 and was originally outfitted with gold leaf highlights on the exterior, thus the name “House of Gold”.
The leaning bell tower of the 16th Century church San Martino on the island of Burano.
One of the canals along the colorful homes on the island of Burano. Legend has it that the homes were painted with bright colors so the fishermen could recognize their homes from the sea.
The Colosseum in Rome, Italy. Commissioned by Emperor Vespasian in AD 72.
The Arch of Constantine, built in 315 AD to celebrate the Roman war victories and the Colosseum in the background.
The Victor Emmanuel Monument begun in 1885 to honor Victor Emmanuel, the first king of unified Italy.
The Victor Emmanuel Monument at night.
The Trevi Fountain by Nicola Salvi in 1756 is Rome’s largest and most famous fountain. It contains the figures of Neptune, flanked by two Tritons.
The Trevi Fountain at dusk.
The Pantheon temple built in first century AD considered the best preserved ancient building in Rome.
“No really dear, I think I can fit!”
Some guy named The Pope lives here!
South Korea – October 2010
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First stop with Johnnie Choi of SeoWan was the Cygnus Country Club.
You can see the grass is already going dormant in late October in the mountains of South Korea.
Great view from one the half way house.
Johnnie Choi and I with personnel from course.
Next stop was to the TGV Country Club. TGV is the manufacturers of the high speed trains in Korea along with a hugh portfolio of other industries.
View down fairway at TVG CC.
Looking down fairway from tee box at half-way house.
View from deck at half-way house.
Market Stalls in Hong Kong – October 2010
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Seafood as fresh as it gets at one of the street stalls in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
Great selection of fish so fresh they don’t smell like fish!
Open air meat market that carries every part of the animal including the tail and intestines.
Ladies Market in the Kowloon area of Hong Kong. Great place to buy a fake Gucci.
Speaking of fakes this Jaguar look-a-like was parked outside one of the markets. Look close at the hood emblem is you can.
Point out which hen you want to take home for dinner, go do some more shopping and by the time you get back your hen has been killed, plucked, cleaned and packaged for you.
Great table of crab set out for you to choose from and take home live.
Towards the later part of shopping for your fresh food for the day around 11:00 am. You had better get your shopping for dinner done early for best selections.
China October 2010
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Maintenance shop and wash bay outside Guangzhou, China
Turf on green after Deep Slicer demo with True-Surface Greens Care Collection unit.
Inspecting the turf after demo of True-Surface GCC.
Chinese version of an airbag. Look close as child has head in Mom’s lap!
Jackie playing with one of his new buddies that ended up biting him.
The crew waiting for dinner to come out of the open pit fire.
Here is our chef for the night cooking over the open pit fire.
Everyone looking pretty right before the demos start.
Great lunch after the morning demonstrations and I have dibs on the fish head!
Vehicle used in China that can haul 1 1/2 tons. They are everywhere in China also.
Beautiful practice green to use for demonstrations.
I see Jackie decided to play with a puppy hoping it won’t bite him like the bird did earlier.
True-Surface demos around Guangzhou, China June 2010
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Christine buying fruit for lunch as we were running late for an appointment.
Me having a chicken foot as an appetizer for dinner. Not a lot of meat, but a lot of flavor.
Park making fun of Jackie as dinner progresses. Quite the spread!
Christine, the chicken feet connoisseur, trying another restaurants version of the snack.
Toll booth operator on one of the many Chinese highways. Note how nice they dress in uniform.
Suicide driver with propane tank just ready for that exploding collision with a vehicle.
One of the golf courses visited on this trip to the Guangzhou area.
Video of one of the Dragon boat races we watched during National Holiday.
Jackie, Christine and Marco leaving after the finish of the dragon boat races.
Walking through the village after the races and admiring the old architecture of the houses.
Taking a break from climbing to the top of a mountain in Guangzhou.
View of part of Guangzhou from observation tower on top of mountain we climbed up.
Playing the national sport of China, ping-pong in a city park.
Jackie lighting incense for prayer at Buddhist temple.
Outside the gates to Mission Hills Golf Club.
True-Surface Greens Care Collection demonstration at Mission Hills.
Starters house on the Olazabal course at Mission Hills.
View from the first tee box on the Olazabal course, site of the Asia World Cup Championship.
How many of the crabs should we cook up for you today? Fresh and still alive at the restaurant.
Stack of Chinese wine jars that contain various snakes and herbs. Choose which one you want to drink from depending on what is ailing you at the time. A weak stomach from looking at the dead snakes in the drink does not count.
This is how you know when you receive the whole chicken and not 1/2 as it is the whole head.
Jackie laughing after I told him he is not a man if he does not eat the head.
Christine buying more fruit for dessert.
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