Douglas Vogel is a lifelong baseball and golf fan. Born and raised in New Jersey, Vogel has made a living as a Golf Course Superintendent. His hobbies include the study of American history with a strong focus on baseball and golf. The focus of his research and writing has been the development of golf course maintenance and the profession of the golf course superintendent from the introduction of golf to the United States in the 1880s to present. Vogel has been published in many professional magazines including Golfdom, Golf Course Management and The Golf Journal. He is a credentialed press member of the PGA of America, the PGA Tour and the United States Golf Association and covers major golf tournaments with emphasis on golf course tournament preparation. He is a past Editor of The Greenerside, an award-winning newsletter of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of New Jersey. Vogel has authored many highly acclaimed golf journals including Maintaining Baltusrol, Maintaining Ridgewood, The History of the Golf Course Superintendent's Association of New Jersey, and the New Jersey Turfgrass Association's 75th Anniversary Journal. His first book release, Babe Ruth and the Scottish Game-Anecdotes of a Golf Fanatic has been well received by both golf and baseball fans.Available at https://www.amazon.com/Babe-Ruth-Scottish-Game-Anecdotes/dp/0578839946

Supervision of 36 hole county-owned golf facility and adjoining historical properties including the Dey Mansion, the two-acre Revolutionary War headquarters of General George Washington.

Supervise the maintenance and landscape construction of park system, golf course, hiking trails and all county owned properties.

Grow-in/Maintenance of 10 acre green roof golf driving range for the City of New York Department of Environmental Protection. Future home of the First Tee program of NYC.Grow-in/ maintenance of 2 acre courtyard at the Durst Organization's flagship NYC project VIA 57WEST. Planting logistics/Maintenance of 43,000 shrubs and 3,000 trees at The Hills at Governors Island, New York City's premier innovative park.

Turf Equipment Tech/Assistant Superintendent under the tutelage of Mr. Elliott Lewis CGCS.

Community association golf club designed by legendary architect Geoffrey Cornish ASGCA.