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March

Full Issue pdf (42 MB) Volume 10, No. 3
Page Sections/Selected Titles
1 Cover
1 Table of contents
1 Player makes drastic cuts in Singapore office
1 The First Tee hits roadblock in Richmond
1 Golf ahoy
1 Textron completes Ransomes acquisition
1 Meadowbrook Golf Group acquires IGM and GVI
  News
3 Briefs
3 Course development continues strong in Europe
4 GCSAA elects new officers and directors
4 Calif. board rejects Hearst course plans
5 Proposed Arizona bill could cost millions: Courses claim that tax break is necessary to survival
5 Irrigation renovation planned for Hawaiian links
5 California dreamin'
5 -San Mateo layout awaiting final city approvals
5 -Developer proposes nine-hole links in Oakland
5 -Poellot, San Jose agree on new course deal
6 Development heats up along Mississippi's Gulf Coast
6 New clubhouse, name for Ark. layout
7 Disabled laborer finds home at World Golf Village
7 La. city exploring new golf course construction plan
7 French Broad on N.C. sales block
8 Building underway on Okla. state track
8 Palmer course major piece of proposed Omaha project
8 Officials seeking golf proposals for capitol city landfill
8 Expansion planned for Hogan Park GC
9 Naval Air Station track planned in Illinois
9 Ind. muni built without tax dollars
9 Eastern Pa. links to close for greens remodel
9 Illinois facility to reopen by summer
10 New group fights for the right to walk
11 Family Golf purchases six golf properties in Midwest, Southeast
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  From the Editors
12 Time to give Europe a look
12 Robin Hood attitude takes hold
12 Asian notebook: China: Chinese golf course market remains on steady rise
  Obituaries
16 Industry loses irrigation 'revolutionary': Edwin J. Hunter: 1918-1998
16 Raymond F. Loving: 1927-1998
  Maintenance
17 Briefs
17 Seawall woes keep Pebble Beach busy
17 Fla. law sends researchers rushing for nematode cure
17 Role of digital mapping expected to grow: Last of 3 parts
21 Super focus: Canada's Superintendent of the Year: Gooder shines in Canada
22 Hayter cup- Americas vs. World - set
27 Florida researchers studying a bacteria to fight sting nematodes
28 Golf and the environment: Audubon Int'l launches project, urges supers, 'look skyward'
29 On the green: Boca Rio GC uses new technology to solve drainage problems
29 Carolinas supers cited for leadership
30 Savvy superintendent: Avenues of communication continue to improve for supers
31 GCSAA survey reveals supers' influence on decision-making, budget
32 Iowa GCSA elects Otter Creek's Verrips president
32 Carolinas elect Garrett, board
32 Hladik president of Sierra Nevada
33 GCSAA inks agreement to produce training videos
33 Heart of America GCSA elects Higbie president
33 FTGA raises $63K for research
33 IGM opens office
34 Where they're going
34 -Hofstetter takes over Southeast Region for IGM
34 Turf Producers aim for 'grand' membership goal
35 Jackson editor of Florida Green
36 1998 Environmental Steward Award-winners honored by GCSAA
37 Shop talk: 'Space' use at its finest
37 Need to organize slides? Try the Ross way
37 Equipment donations help Florida's IFAS Research Facility
38 Witteveen & Bavier's book simply 'magic'
  GCSAA show wrap up
39 Landscapes' Kubly credits hardworking staff
39 Seay accepts Don Rossi Award for Palmer
39 Venturi puts maintenance into perspective, wins Old Tom Morris
39 ADA an issue at GCSAA
40 Product wrap up
40 -Cushman shows Envirojet
42 -Jake puts 9016 in the spotlight
42 -Scotts ready with Contec
42 -Terra releases GoldCote
43 -Ransomes presents new E-Plex
43 -AgrEvo introduces DeltaGard products
43 -Rain Bird unveils Cirrus central control
  Development
45 Briefs
45 Flat pipe a money-saver in greens construction
45 Atlantic City takes aggressive golf track
45 Q&A: Ross Watson to keep foot in Asian door
49 Reaching out
49 -Wadsworth bankroll $3.5M for inner-city juniors, handicapped
49 -The Robin Hood concept: Robbing from the rich to help poor
49 -Minority Golf Assn. moves ahead in Miami
51 -Nat'l Assn. of Junior Golfers ushering in 'Junior Golf Decade'
52 Pine Valley neighbor to sport Fazio-designed, daily-fee counterpart
53 Bell to receive Donald Ross Award
53 Maurer creates design company
59 Then, poinsettias; now golf as well
59 Weed, Pete Dye team at Amelia Island Plt.
60 Hearn leading design course to Scotland
  International update
55 Portuguese development slow but unabated
55 Golf Strategies lands airport 18
57 Venezuelan development takes off
58 Brit Clark joins with Snead, Ledbetter in Dominican project
58
  Management
61 Briefs
61 Aquisitions: Cobblestone acquires two new properties
61 ClubLink makes major move into Canadian daily-fee course market
61 Assumption of risk still a dicey issue
61 Fuller seized opportunities, made his own
62 Golf industry economic forecast validates Tiger's impact
62 Golf Trust buys Fla. links
63 RDC adds three courses to management portfolio
63 NGP restructures management
63 NGCOA, IMA strike credit card processing deal
64 NorthStar Capital/Koll Resorts form joint venture, buy 2 Houston tracks
64 GEI undertakes Las Vegas Golf Club upgrade
64 Troon Golf announces La Cantera management team
66 Clubhaus moves ahead on British, German fronts
66 Dakota Mgt. takes over Sioux Falls municipal layouts
67 Brightstone Management in acquisition mode
68 PGATTA selects board members
  Supplier business
71 Briefs
71 Scotts acquires 80 percent of SSI, 'gene gun' license
71 New product of the month
71 Terra takes two in the UK
71 Pursell Cup Golf Challenge nets thousands for diabeties
71 Ransomes' updated E-Plex II plays in Sweden
72 Garrick/Fairmount firm relationship
72 AgrEvo receives registration for DeltaGard
72 Eco Soil stays on latest acquisition roll
   
73 New products
73 -J.R. Simplot launches SuperTurf
74 -Toro shows new Sand Pro
74 -Jacobsen unveils Aero King 30
   
75 Golf course classifieds
76 Calendar
76 Golf course marketplace
77 Ad index
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