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Cover |
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Table of contents |
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Openings top 400 mark: Promising project pipeline makes '97 slowdown unlikely |
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Alternative spikes gain acceptance |
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It's showtime!: Special GCSAA Vegas coverage |
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Ski managers: Golf key to year-round revenues |
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News |
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In brief |
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ESPN founder proposes stadium facility for Naples |
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Jones makes Outer Bank deposit |
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California hit hard by heavy rains |
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Buffalo track plagued by vandals |
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Master plan could call for major changes at Illinois course |
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Florida course has new management |
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Expansion postponed at Texas facility |
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Vegas' Desert Inn faces remodel |
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Eastwood cleared to build Calif. links |
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Dallas firm to expand services |
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Central Calif. city hires new operator |
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Hawaii toughens development rules |
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Reno university to build new course |
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New course on tap for Georgia city |
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Ill. course owner buys Fla. layout |
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Cupp selected to design Georgia residential golf project |
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Ex-NFL player to build 4 private golf facilities |
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Work underway on Fred Couples/Gene Bates design in Va. |
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Construction worker dies in Miss. |
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State steps into SC golf resort |
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Spartanburg to build new links |
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Storms pit course against town |
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The golf boom is on in Wichita |
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Cincinnati may turn its courses over to private management |
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Dump clean-up forces Massachusetts course to close |
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Palmer Mgt. to upgrade first Conn. property |
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Oneidas to build N.Y. golf links |
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Roping, shooting raise capital to construct new Nebraska course |
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Ill. group purchases Albuquerque course from N.M. firm |
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McNeil forms own golf design firm |
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From the Editor |
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Amid flag-waving, a couple caveats give industry pause |
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Sadly, back-40 18 gets deep six |
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Letters |
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-Jake loyalties divided during playoffs |
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-Cleat manufacturer addresses trademark issue |
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Guest commentary |
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Reconciling primo conditioning & healthy turf: Two takes |
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-Raised heights to 3/16? Ball roll needn't suffer |
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-The perfect shot shouldn't mean the perfect lie |
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Necrology |
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Mr. Putney left his mark on the GCN staff |
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PGA Tour agronomist MacCurrach, 57 |
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Maintenance |
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Briefs |
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Golf catches the new technology wave |
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-Restoring greens for play in 24 hrs. |
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-Flyovers foresee future of turf health |
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-Taking irrigation into the future |
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On the green: The drag mat beats snafus from moisture |
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Q&A: Niemczyk on non-traditional turf treatments |
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Mechanic's corner: A top ten list for success |
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Delhi initiating Northeast's 1st mechanics program |
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Turf Diagnostics & Design earns lab certification |
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Super focus: TPC's Miller hits tournament grand slam in 1996-97 |
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Where they're going: IGM promotes Veasey, Schneider |
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Savvy superintendent: 3rd-generation super's concern: Has tradition gone way of chivalry? |
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Researchers tackle problem of clogged underground irrigation pipes |
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Shop talk |
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-Above-ground tank alternative wins converts |
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-HazCom regs aren't difficult |
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Michaud hails success with experiments to control erosion, dust |
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Northeast GCSA 1st group to join Audubon membership program |
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GCSAA headquarters joins Audubon business/corporate program |
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Huntsville GC earns Audubon certified status |
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Preventive seed treatment fends off Pythium |
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MetGCSA awards 10 Caputi scholarships |
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GCSAA update |
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-Eight promoted, appointed at headquarters |
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-CEU policy floated |
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Promoting PR |
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Wisconsin GCSA elects Kienert to rule in 1997 |
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Irishman Brennan named PGA European Greenkeeper of the Year |
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Dr. Rossi heads Maine contingent |
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Connecticut superintendents elect Napier, others |
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Heart of America elects Bologna |
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Viera hires IGM |
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Regional news |
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Braunsky elected President |
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Calibration seminar set |
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FTA goes on-line |
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Book reviews |
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Metsker's recollections weave a book helpful to all superintendents |
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The Captain captures Mackenzie's greatness - in golf & other loves |
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NGF completes report on employee compensation |
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Showtime '97 |
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Golf booms on The Strip, with no bust in sight |
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Table of contents |
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Lovell to keynote opening session |
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Vargas, Faubel and Ward honored for distinguished service |
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Crenshaw garners Morris Award |
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Lallier receives writing honors |
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[Schedule of conference seminars] |
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Las Vegas cup runneth over with projects |
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Desert Pines Tsunami range, Perry Dye course open |
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GCSAA '96-97 scholars recognized |
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Ironite Products sponsors simultaneous interpreting services |
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Breakfast on Club Car & Cyanamid |
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Jones Sr. to receive GCSAA Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award |
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Williams, Bell & The Jones Boys to hold court in new media space |
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Toro extends tournament sponsorship |
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Builder awards |
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SAJO soars to top, wins Best Builder Award |
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MacCurrach cops first annual Best Small Builder laurels |
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Development |
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Briefs |
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Airport-area courses ready for take-off? |
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A development's tale: Happy ending for 25-year-old Wash. state proposal? |
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Q&A: Robinson sees ray of hope for tepid old world market |
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GCN European report: Destination: Morocco? It's not far off |
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Hearn unveils Twin Lakes GC; solo work on a grand scale |
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Michigan-based Smith opens Florida design office |
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Nugent's White Deer Run Golf Club to provide storm-water benefits |
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From well to surface water |
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Palmer's Bog a public-private hybrid |
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Private group to develop city park course |
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Jones II takes full-service tack at Eagle Point |
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RTJ ventures to revamp SCGA's Rancho Calif. |
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Elderly Maine track triples in size |
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Owner, super expand Turner Highlands |
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Restauranteurs try their hand at development |
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Nelson-Haworth secures deals in India, Australia |
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Carolinas Golf, LaFoy at work on Kiskiack |
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ASGCA: Women need multiple tees |
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Hurdzan to expand Nantucket nine |
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Galyean focusing on golf resort market |
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Player christens first Va. project |
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Madison Golf to revamp Wisconsin's Meadow Springs |
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Wis. landscape society honors Mattingly Kuehn |
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GCN European report |
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Analysis: British root-zone ruling sheds little light |
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Steele busy with eight projects in England, on the continent |
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To grow, Italian market needs reinvestment |
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Management |
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Briefs |
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Personnel corner: Teaching an old dog new service tricks |
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Management company facilities listed |
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Casper to manage Hawaii's toughest |
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Carefree's Miller credits fellow superintendents for successful career |
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NCA to keep tabs on legislators |
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Master Golf inks agreements with two Florida operations |
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ClubCorp drops GolfCorp moniker |
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Mosca buys Mass. track |
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Management company properties |
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IGM adds three courses to portfolio |
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Supplier business |
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Briefs |
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Q&A: RohMid partnership a work in progress: American Cyanamid, Rohm & Haas optimistic Mach 2 will receive EPA approval |
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New product of the month: Solo cart leads British invasion |
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Mergers & Acquisitions |
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-FTC gives blessing to Ciba, Sandoz merger |
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-Barenbrug joins Argentinian firm in joint development |
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Industry art supplier |
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Legacy adds a pair of distributors |
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American Cyanamid Co. promotes Curl |
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PennTurf earns Environmental Excellence Award |
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Merger results in largest U.S. ConVault firm |
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Flowtronex PSI prepared to acquire Commercial Pump |
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Lesco, Golfturf strike fertilizer deal |
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Jacobsen honors N'east distributors |
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Redexim, Southern Green settle 2-year legal spat over Verti-Drain patent rights |
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Limits placed on gray market Kubota imports |
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Canadian clay liner maker changes name |
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Toro reports record financial year |
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Palmer, Lofts extend working agreement for 3 more years |
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Shermin to stock Century brands |
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New products |
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Golf course classifieds |
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Calendar |
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Golf course marketplace |
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Advertisers' index |
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