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DICK RUDOLPH & AETNA SPRINGS- TWO

The second half of my interview with Dick Rudolph, the superintendent of Aetna Springs, features a discussion of eradicating the bermuda grass which covered the old course, his thoughts on working with Tom Doak and Jim Urbina, and the possible development of a new eighteen hole course down the valley. Since my discussion with Dick, [...]

DICK RUDOLPH & AETNA SPRINGS

At the end of April, I was fortunate to get out to Aetna Springs in the northern Napa Valley for an afternoon of golf and a quick chat with Dick Rudolph, the course’s superintendent. I worked for a few months on the construction crew at Aetna in the fall of 2006 and I look back [...]