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June

Full Issue pdf (36.1 Mb) Volume 11, No. 6
Page Sections/Selected Titles
1 Cover
1 Table of contents
1 Ojai reclaims one of world's best par-3s
1 10 years later GCN continues to set the pace
1 New technologies: Fully autonomous, 'intelligent' mower tackles turf in Fla.
1 SunCor on fire in the Southwest
1 Miller/Graves & Pascuzzo combine efforts at the bridges
 
News
3 Briefs
3 Judge rules in favor of environmental group, forces organic golf option
6 Golfers open wallets for travel
6 First National enters private club loan market
7 Mass.' Hillside set to open long-anticipated nine-hole expansion
7 Notre Dame track nearing completion
7 Golf course on list of Jersey landfill proposals
7 Correction
8 Seven projects on line in Dallas
8 Two new Nicklaus tracks planned in Ariz.
8 Martty takes on 1st Ark. project
8 Vandals damage South Fla. track
8 Reconstruction of Fla.'s Diplomat nears completion
9 Boom times continue in Wash.
9 Floyd designing San Antonio track
9 New holes being considered for Detroit muni...
9 ...and a new course planned
9 Hills' course set for Ohio opening
 
From the Editors
10 Nothing's changed, everything's changed
10 Drought, flood, fire ants and mussel invasions, yet GCN prevails
10 Tennis anyone? Is there a weak backhand on golf's horizon?
   
11 ASGA: Incoming president's message: A changing of the guard
 
Maintenance
13 The high-tech addition of the decade?: Border collies
13 -Tac rids course of irksome geese
13 -Kick 'em out now, or watch out in the future
13 -An entire industry has been born
13 Briefs
13 Kocher, Jett, people power the difference at Pinehurst #2
17 National overseeding test planned
18 Audubon Int'l publishes case studies
19 Golf and the environment
19 -Sugarloaf goes one better, adds environmental steward
19 -Renew America cites Signature Program
 
Golf Course News: 10 year anniversary section
21 10 years later: Time to put the golf course industry into perspective
21 Top 10 changes for the decade
21 The prettiest photograph we never ran
21 Palmer/Seay consider industry's growth
21 Science and business enhance the game of golf
21 Golf Industry statistic: Golfers Per Course - 1986-1998
22 We are only on the tip of the iceberg of advancements
22 Ten years of gaining ground
23 Notable quotes: Some of the voices heard in the pages of GCN over the past 10 years
23 Profit, products, and pie: A decade of change
24 The more things change...
24 Audubon rough, the Web and GCN
25 The changing environment for golf course management
25 10 satisfying years for golf
25 Golf Industry statistic: Growth in leisure time activities
26 Ten years of GCN highlights remembered
27 My green crystal ball: Get kids hooked
27 Superintendents getting what's due
 
Design and development
35 Briefs
35 Q&A:O'Meara, title notches on his belt, eyes design
35 Jacobson's Bull Run opens in June
35 Camelback GC undergoes $12M renovation
36 Norman track across street from Speedway
37 RyanGolf busy on projects
38 Reaching out
38 -Builders partner with 1st Tee
38 -ASGCA members designing First Tee facilities
39 Asian update: Business as usual in China, Daewoo's Vietnam track underway
39 More golf planned for downtown Manila
40 Design 3 course adding golf to skiing
40 Childs completes 1st phase of redo at Ridgewood GC
41 Palmer Design inks Boston TPC, its 5th for PGA
41 Okema Valley plans preview at end of summer
41 Fought renovating Sunriver's Meadows
41 Harvard University sets Design School schedule
41 MacCurrach building Johnston design
42 Bide-A-Wee reopens after $8M facelift
42 Ault, Clark make Schlegel a partner, promote Cervone
42 Gravel pit getting new life as course
 
Management
43 Briefs
43 Legislation would preserve caddie's independent status
43 ClubCorp acquires two new courses: Joint development venture with Nicklaus starts to bear fruit
43 Western Golf adds course
43 Private clubs seek to become employer of choice
43 Clubs weigh in with suggestions to find, keep good employees
45 ServiceMaster acquires course maintenance firm
46 GCA breaks ground in Florida
46 New suppliers added to Smart Buy Network: John Deere among golf companies recruited for NGCOA group buying program
 
Supplier business
47 Briefs
47 ABT reshuffles management, moves towards consolidation
47 John Deere to build new utility vehicle complex
47 New product of the month: TH20 Theta Moisture Meter
47 PowerLight's SolarCady gaining ground in Hawaii
48 LESCO to distribute Southern Golf Products
48 ISCO sells irrigation to Century Rain Aid
48 G&S turf equipment expands in Charlotte
48 New web sites
48 -Bayer launches protect-your-turf
48 -Cyanamid jumps online
   
50 New products
51 Golf course classifieds
52 Golf course marketplace
53 Ad index
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