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April

Full Issue pdf (41.5 Mb) Volume 8, No. 4
Page Sections/Selected Titles
1 Cover
1 Table of contents
1 Players surveyed on Super's role: Image enhanced but golfers insist on 'green' look
1 Sensitive strokes
1 Study shows: Name designers pull higher dues and green fees
1 Griffiths, Brauer face off on course costs
1 Ciba-Sandoz deal creates new firm: Novartis
  News
3 Upgrade at Palmetto
3 In brief...
4 Georgia offers money to patient developers
4 Links planned near SC Disney stop
4 NGF offers new golf directory
5 Massachusetts attorney general sides with women in private club discrimination case
5 Meadowbrook Golf announces private placement of stock
6 Padula named head super at new Wis. layout
6 Dye's Blackwolf Run set to ban metal-spiked golf shoes
6 Detroit suburb to finally build public facility
7 Illinois community set to interview architects
7 Mass. town reloads for another attempt at building new course
7 School official plans course on Ky./Ohio border
7 NY developer set to obtain municipal approvals
8 Calif. judge rules against driving range
8 Ore. airport track readies for take-off
8 Sacramento track garners county support
8 Arizona layout to add nine new holes
9 Judges give green light to Jacksonville plan
9 New Nicklaus track to host Tour stop
9 LA set to review 6-year-old golf course proposal
9 Maui could ease watering bans
  From the Editor
10 Behold, the very principles you've been waiting for
10 Chase after wisdom via new batch of golf books
10 Letters
10 -Public course owner responds to Nicklaus
10 -On the subject of algae
10 -GCSAA sets record straight
15 -Mechanics organize in Florida
  Guest commentary
11 Equitable design should lead to family-accessible courses
16 Golf industry, environmental community issue principles
  Maintenance
17 Briefs
17 Cold stressed at the Maine turf conference
17 Determined: All sprinklers are not 'created equal'
17 The play's the thing, say supers who hit the links
17 On the green: Beating the water woes in Nevada
18 Super focus: Esposito proves it's a lady's world as well
19 A test for dormant Bermudagrass
22 USGA off the Record: Mysteries of putting greens being explored
23 TPCs rank among Audubon elite
24 Shop talk: Using the shop to its fullest: Bag rack the best of all worlds for both grounds crew, golfers
24 Dr. Beard writing turfgrass history
25 Gardens honor Burton
27 Savvy superintendent: Of elephants and other job-easing potpourri
29 Where they're going: Indigo Run hires superintendent with Nicklaus experience: Wilkerson
29 GCSANE adds administrator
30 Texas institutes certification change
30 City honors retired Shields
  New chemistry
20 Biological fungicide believed to be new foundation for disease control
21 Biological mole cricket control also checks sting nematode
21 1,500 supers have earned certification
21 Bonita Bay Audubon-certified
  Regional news
31 New England elects DiRico
31 New Jersey honors Martin
31 Cambell leads WTGCSA
31 Mid-Am honors Groth
31 OTF awards scholarships
  Accessory report
32 Manufacturers hedge bets on distribution
32 Upscale trend takes hold in the accessory market
33 New product forum
  Development
35 Langer at work in native land
35 Robbins/Koch active in Asia-Pacific
37 Briefs
37 Reunited: Joneses tie design knot, yet remain independent
37 Asia-Pacific update: Building boom continues pace
37 Q&A: ASGCA's 50th president, Griffiths, high on future
38 Candia Woods renovations continue with irrigation
39 Architects Society honors Whitten
39 Whole in One turns Tull 9 into 18-holer
40 Minus-20 a thing of the past at Doral, promises McAnlis as remodeling begins
40 Trevino, Player ink design pacts at Grand Traverse
41 Nicklaus designs public course
41 Palmer designing Lakewood Range track
41 Sanford turns Sawmill negatives into positives
41 Young adds CAD designer
42 Canadian Hall honors Cornish
42 Going to battle
42 Litten, Viola team to remodel Palms GC
42 Eldredge heads new GCBAA slate of officers
43 Flatt helps city with innovations to reduce course construction costs
43 Unique financing package signed
44 Current Philippine development mirrors other boom countries
46 Golf Range seminar set
46 Griffiths' $1.7M method unveiled
46 Dye Int'l designs Desert Pines GC
47 Elkington, Swayze eye golf landscaping niche
48 The Ledges finally under construction
48 Family builds public 9
  Management
49 Briefs
49 ClubLink offers upscale private courses, large public profits
49 Legal corner: Beware the insurer seeking reimbursement
49 Marketing idea of the month: Taking to the air waves enhanced PGA club's reception
50 New Dallas management firm formed
51 National Golf Foundation offers customized research service
52 Acquisitions: American Golf adds two new courses to growing portfolio
  Supplier business
53 Briefs
53 Sod industry booms; inventory levels fall
53 New product of the month
53 Host resigns Scotts presidency; Seitz assumes former post
54 Kirtland Capital acquires Best Sand parent firm
54 FMC, Cactus merge, form Seeds West
54 Century Rain Aid acquires Aqua-Flo
55 Homestead Corp. to drop AgrEvo; picks up Lebanon
55 Jacklin Seed Co. promotes three from within
55 IMC names new board members
56 Goodshall joins Pinmark
56 Vermeer founder named to Construction Equipment Hall of Fame
57 Sandoz names winner
57 Approved: ProStar okayed in NY; Tupersan now labeled for sod use
   
58 New products
59 Golf course marketplace
60 Calendar
61 Advertisers' index
62 The public arena: Virginia Beach seeks full-fledged golf destination status
  Other pages within this issue
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