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April

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Page Sections/Selected Titles
1 Cover
1 Table of contents
1 Pre-opening sparks fly at Roaring Fork
1 CMAA faces 'image' issue
1 Norman to open first course in South Carolina
1 Development: Flat pipe revisited: Out with the thin, in with the new
1 Eco-Soil inks innovative deal with Chubb
 
News
3 Study identifies 'over'- and 'under'-supplied areas in the United States
6 Golfers prefer walking over riding in carts
6 Coyote Creek wraps up construction
8 SunCor begins construction on environmentally friendly layout
8 Chang, Hoffman among new NGF directors
9 Washington entrepreneur acquires Plateau G&CC
9 Calif. city may help build first public course
9 ClubLink buys Glen Abbey GC
10 Supers, pros, managers expand joint retirement plan
10 Expanded Mass. facility to open
11 Piedmont DC picks site for new Atlanta course
11 LandCare takes over Indiana's ServiScape
11 Abacoa locates new buyer for Florida layout
11 GNGC purchases Minn. golf course
 
From the Editors
14 April is so cruel, and other random notes
14 A heapin' helpin' of Canadian hospitality
   
14 Spotlight on Asia: Public golf making a difference: Seri Selangor swings toward teaching success
15 Golf Course News forum: Point/counterpoint: $1 million versus $10 million golf courses
15 -Point: [Building cost-effective golf courses]
15 -Counterpoint: [Building beautiful golf courses comes at a price]
 
Maintenance
19 Oh, Canada!
19 -Super of the Year: Stay enthusiastic
19 -Bubble Cover wins converts in Quebec
19 Briefs
19 Pooch sniffs out golf course's elusive PVC
19 Headhunters are the new niche in job placement
23 Rossi redefines some beliefs about Poa annua's winter hardiness
24 Honorees cite challenge
24 Eyeing retirement, Witteveen recalls '40 years of mistakes'
25 BIGGA chairman calls on supers to 'uphold golf's heritage'
27 Sod producers donate $62,000 for research projects
28 OTF donates $197,000, elects directors
29 Golf and the enivoronment
29 -Preserving our natural heritage
29 -Manila Southwoods works toward certification
29 -2nd Birdwatching Open scheduled
30 -Pine Valley fully certified
32 International superintendents report progress and challenges
33 GCSAA adding staff for 1st tees
34 New vaccine helps people prevent Lyme disease
35 On the move
35 -Garrett takes on Clemson challenge
35 -[Glenn Quirk hired as superintendent of Braemar Country Club]
35 -[Tod Cantrall appointed as superintendent of Pinewood Country Club]
35 Bitterman defends Mow Down title
36 OSHA software helps courses identify hazards
36 New England supers elect Osgood president
36 Jackson named to Florida Ag Institute
36 Midwest expo backs research
37 Computers and vinyl: Organizing equipment
37 Heart of America honors Fearis
37 Naudet named after super of the year
 
Development
39 Briefs
39 A Tillinghast tour de Forse: Ron Forse renews several designs by the master
39 Remodel turns Sunrise into Stallion Mountain
39 RTJ II changes: Charlton returns; Jones, Phillips ink an alliance
41 Marsh, Landscapes team up in Kentucky
42 Tour's Glen Day joins course designer Blalock in new company
42 Rees Jones: Thousand Oaks 'a spectacular, natural site'
43 Kay brings Scottish look to Jersey
43 Bergstol hopes for magic in barrens
44 McFarlane brings a bit of Scotland to America, and vice versa for Garl
45 At Belfair, choose bent or Bermuda
46 CADD-E-Shack making computer course design available to everyone
49 Frontier, Robinson collaborate on Costa Rican 18
50 A review: 2nd of Tillinghast troika a true winner
  Management company list
51 Management firms and their courses
58 Southwest changes to Walters Golf
 
Management
59 Briefs
59 A course a year; that's all they're asking at Wilson
59 Acquisitions
59 -Family Golf buys SkateNation for $29M
59 -Acquisitions: The Eagle has landed: On Normandie
59 -Meadowbrook acquires Orlando facility
59 -Matrix adds two to its growing portfolio
 
Supplier business
61 Briefs
61 New chemistry abounds in 1999
61 -Precision Labs introduces long-lasting cure for LDS
61 -Chipco Proxy PGR forges new ground
61 -Novartis takes mesostemic approach with Compass
61 John Deere readies formal reconditioned golf and turf line
62 Sybron acquires Green Releaf
62 Textron facility receives ISO 9001
62 Southern Turf nurseries and Ecoshores partner
62 Jacklin on board with First Tee
63 Pennington Seed plans substantial facility expansion
64 JD partners with NGCOA
65 E-Z-Go Textron lands ISO 9001
   
67 Golf course classifieds
68 Golf course marketplace
69 Ad index
71 Malpezzi study: Variables in Malpezzi's model assist in understanding study
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