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Cover |
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Table of contents |
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Piece of the pie: More and more designers trade fees for ownership slice |
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Destination: Orlando: Environmental debate assumes center stage |
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Progress at EPA? Maybe |
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The envelope, please...: Landscapes named GCN's Builder of the Year for 1995 |
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News |
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News in brief |
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Golf still riding casino coattails |
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Palmer teams with AGC |
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Planners throw major roadblock at California 18-hole proposal |
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Arizona developer plans three more courses |
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Hawaiian lava beds form bedrock of new Nicklaus course |
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Latest plans unveiled for Oregon layout |
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Trevino design opens in Arizona |
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Hilton takes over Colorado resort |
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Las Vegas' Summerlin to get second TPC track |
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Milwaukee facility allows goose hunt |
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Course building exhibit displayed at Houston Hall |
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Texas municipal layout subject to more review |
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Ohio student receives Best Sand scholarship |
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Nine additional holes set to open at historic Indiana golf course |
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Plans to convert links into residences draw neighbors' wrath |
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Facelift proposed at Memphis muni track |
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Lafever rejoins Kemper at Pipestone |
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Greenlinks buys second Tennessee layout |
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State approves first Nicklaus Tennessee state park layout |
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Ala. brothers design, build own course |
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Art Hills design opens in Florida |
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Florida man develops a maze-ing concept |
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Rain delays opening of NC course |
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Methane leaks force closing of N.C. golf facility |
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ClubCorp, Suding team to win Environmental Award |
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Hurdzan to renovate NY layout |
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Cornish and Silva add new partner |
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NY muni plans to dust off its Twain classic |
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Amercian Golf renames Arizona facility |
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And the winner is... Acushnet River Valley Golf Course |
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Carolinas Group opens one course with plans to soon unveil another |
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Airport layout set to take off in Mississippi |
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Pennsylvania ski area to add links |
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NGF offers two new nine-hole facility surveys |
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Hilton Head's first course reopens after multimillion dollar renovation |
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Forecast opens golf range brokerage |
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Correction |
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From the Editor |
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Dual membership? Beware the hype |
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Supers struggle to keep pace with technology, information |
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Letters |
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-USGA: A gov't agency? |
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-Expo '95 feedback |
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Guest commentary |
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-Nicklaus: Public-access now driving the market, as golf comes full circle |
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-Passing dual-membership bylaw may overburden certain chapters |
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Commentary: 1995: A year to remember (one to forget) |
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GCSAA show preview |
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Superintendents descend on Orlando: 'Trivial Pursuit: Central Florida Edition' or 'How to survive a cocktail party' |
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Williams to assume GCSAA presidency at Feb. 10 meeting |
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The cat's meow? |
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Table of contents |
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Former GCSAA president Williams honored by USGA Green Section |
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Rackliffe earns Feser Award |
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Work of Historical Preservation Committee on display in Orlando |
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The 1996 GCSAA conference schedule |
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Maintenance |
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Briefs |
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Audubon expands horizons, goes international |
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Pine Ridge GC undergoes a 'natural' conversion |
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Super focus: Retiring Personalities |
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Roberts urges more carbon use in root-zone mixes |
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Super focus: Golf course superintendents never die, they just ... |
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Seminar focuses on tree care |
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Shop talk: Tips for the hour meter: Sparking efficient use of course vehicles |
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Canada geese count is down |
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Second of two parts: Planting, staking success lies in the technique |
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Off the record: USGA continues major turf, env'l research |
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On the green: Bubble level a multipurpose wunderkind on the course |
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Dougherty wins Pa. presidency |
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Savvy superintendent: Second of two parts: The fully equipped golf course |
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Literature update |
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-Books target personnel, finances |
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-Mechanics newsletter full-service |
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-Turfgrass disease atlas, irrigation manual published |
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Where they're going: Chapman follows the sun to South Africa |
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NH presents scholarships |
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Association update |
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-GCSAA registers as lobbyist |
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-GCSAA, Valent join forces in project to expand education |
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Certification offered OPE technicians |
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CEUs can add up under new GCSAA conference concept |
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PR panel promotes grass-roots strategy for supers |
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Development catalog released |
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Obituaries |
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-Velvet bentgrass developer Manny Francis dies |
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-USGA's Al Radko |
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-NJGCSA's Paul Boizelle |
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Virginia GCSA honors Beljan |
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Awards section |
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Chester Valley best conditioned on Senior Tour |
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Clients give builders high marks in poll |
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Regional news |
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Carolinas elect David Downing, others as officers & directors |
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Conner given Pen Award |
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Cactus & Pine ups dues |
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Kienert leads Wisconsin |
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Development |
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Briefs |
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Course pipeline hot into future |
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Survey reveals costs of course construction |
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Illumined alum takes golf to Mississippi State |
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Q&A: NWH at home in Pacific, eye stateside projects |
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Book reviews: Hurdzan tells all in exhaustive book on course construction |
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Bobby Jones, player-designer unveiled in biography |
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Midwest developers keep Lohmann busy |
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George at work in Virginia |
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Couples-Bates track opens to the public |
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Raymond Floyd, Bobby Weed partners in 'full-service' design firm |
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With help, Houston restores Mem'l Park |
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Commentary: Turn obstacles to development into positives of challenging design |
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Robbins Koch inked |
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International Network of Golf honors Garl |
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Texas town targets tourists |
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Public Works Assn. honors Harborside |
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Sunridge Canyon opens |
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RTJII takes plunge into public golf ownership |
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Brooks-Baine complete first course design |
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Greyrock changes name |
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Panther's Run adds punch to Myrtle Beach |
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Management |
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Briefs |
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Discount rounds program unveiled: EPI marketing excess capacity at courses |
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Friels become major players in New England |
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Golf Enterprises Inc. reportedly for sale |
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Management company update |
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Group backs military cause: Several Defense Department golf courses scheduled to privatize this year |
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Legal corner: Raining golf balls create real nuisance |
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Friel offers insights learned during his 80 years in the golf industry |
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CMAA to elect new officers during annual meeting |
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Kemper makes Lesnik marketing manager |
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Courses added by management firms in recent months |
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AGC, Alcott join forces to promote golf for women |
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NGP acquires two courses in Ore., Pa. |
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Desert courses switch to bermuda |
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Supplier business |
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Briefs |
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Hueber debuts new bunker rake in Orlando |
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New product of the month |
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Seaboard added to Lebanon identity |
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Jake, Gravely team in Europe, Australia |
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Texas fivesome claims John Deere championship |
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Vigoro Corp. hires away another O.M. Scott executive |
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Zeneca moving to support 5504 |
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RISE notebook: Langley joins RISE; MCS conference set for March 20 |
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Yarborough joins Terra |
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Lack of GCSAA input doesn't sit well with Asian supers |
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Wilbur-Ellis takes Asian initiative |
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Hover-mower manufacturer recapitalizes |
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New products |
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Golf course marketplace |
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Calendar |
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Advertisers' index |
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The public arena: Expo changes course |
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