Golf Course Industry Detail Browse 2009

January

Volume 21, No. 1 Full Issue pdf (30.3 Mb)
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1 Cover
3 Table of contents
6 Teeing off: Private Problems
8 Feedback
10 Assistants' view: Using winter wisely
12 Design concepts: Noninvasive procedures
14 Irrigation issues: Room for improvement
16 Guest column: Assistant's keys to success
18 Equipment management: The tech's view of the GIS
20 Consumer research: A view of China
22 Architect profile: A Forse to be reckoned with: Ron Forse and Jim Nagle have become synonymous with restoration projects that retain the flavor of great old facilities
30 Facility management: Lessons in lean: In a time of budget cuts and decreasing rounds, some golf course managers embrace the manufacturing world's concept of operating the "least waste way"
36 Course development: Around the globe: Forward Management Group expands golf in China
46 Asset management: Funding its future: Protect your golf course by looking at long-range financial plans
52 Turfgrass research: Follow the money: The industry relies on various sources to fund necessary agronomic research to protect turf
60 Turfgrass management: Experimenting for success: Trial, error and ingenuity take a front seat in superintendents' PGR programs
66 Personnel management: Look, listen and learn: Proper training pays off with improved and consistent playing conditions
71 Product update: The pesticide pipeline
74 Research: Pesticide and nutrient removal: Study optimizes vegetative filter strips for treating turfgrass runoff waters
80 Product focus: Handheld equipment
80 -It's in their hands: The maintenance staff at Great River Golf Club meets golfer expectations one piece of handheld equipment at a time
83 -Handheld homework: Circling Raven Golf Club's equipment manager evaluates handheld equipment
85 Travels with Terry: Equipment ideas
86 Outside the ropes: Set yourself apart
88 Classifieds
89 Ad index
90 Parting shots: Plan C for the GCSAA

February

Volume 21, No. 2 Full Issue pdf (25.3 Mb)
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3 Table of contents
6 Teeing off: Taking research for granted?
8 Feedback
10 Assistant's view: Do your homework
12 Design concepts: In defense of the mound
14 Irrigation issues: It's time to buy
16 The Monroe doctrine: The upside of a recession
18 Consumer research: Below the equator
20 Superintendent profile: A view from the top: A patient Robert Waller plans methodically at Marriott Golf
26 Operations profile: The right match: Amelia Island Plantation partners with ValleyCrest to improve course conditions
34 Turfgrass management: Paspalum progress: With more experience and research, superintendents are improving disease management on seashore Paspalum
42 Personnel management: Copacetic crews: Superintendents need good people skills to manage staffs effectively
48 Course architecture: What makes a good golf course?: It's not easy to define, but an architect's discretion has as much to do with the outcome as location
54 Course management
54 -Preparing for the unexpected: Simple steps to creating a plan that will minimize downtime in case of a disaster
62 -Divide and conquer: Implementing section maintenance can increase operational efficiency, improve playing conditions and reduce costs
58 Course renovation: Injecting life into Normandy shores: Drainage solution improves conditions on a Florida municipal course
65 Research: Cycling water sources: Freshwater affects saline-irrigated bermudagrass' quality and soil salinity
70 Outside the ropes: Preparing for interviews
71 Travels with Terry: Equipment ideas
72 Classifieds
73 Ad index
74 Parting shots: Here's your sign

March

Volume 21, No. 3 Full Issue pdf (30.5 Mb)
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3 Table of contents
6 Teeing off: Perception vs. reality
8 Feedback
10 Assistant's view: Preparing a portfolio
12 Design concepts: Pay now or pay later
14 Irrigation issues: Face regulation proactively
16 The Monroe doctrine: Moving out ... and on
18 Equipment management: A European perspective
20 Consumer research: Potential growth in the center of the world
22 Club manager profile: It's the club first!: Barbara Jodoin is redefining the general manager role by maintaining a fierce focus on bottom-up management and topflight communication
30 Course management: Scaling back: Barona Creek implements a turf reduction project to reduce water, inputs and energy use
59 Turfgrass maintenance: The best-laid plans: Superintendents rely on experience, peers and experts to craft effective agronomic programs
66 Personnel management: Higher pay vs. better benefits: Knowing employees' preferences boosts retention and satisfaction
72 Pesticide management: Preventing herbicide mix-ups: Put a system in place to ensure misapplication doesn't happen
76 Research: A new approach: Fertilizer meta-catalysts can maximize nutrient management
84 Product focus: Organic fertilizer: Environmental considerations: A public course on Long Island uses organic fertilizers where it can
86 Outside the ropes: One year, three majors
87 Travels with Terry: Equipment ideas
88 Classifieds
89 Ad index
90 Parting shots: Fear and scribbles
   
  Builder Excellence Awards
B1 Cover
B2 And the winners are...
B2 A word from the GCBAA
B2 Table of contents
B4 Simple but elegant: Blind shots are no more thanks to a challenging yet rewarding reconstruction at Naperville Country Club
B8 Loving care: Attention to detail during a renovation preserves the original character of The Water's Edge Country Club, a Buddy Loving Jr. design
B12 Leave nothing to chance: A well-prepared Aspen Corp. overcomes environmental restrictions and withstands bad weather to complete a renovation project at Wisp Resort

April

Volume 21, No. 4 Full Issue pdf (33.2 Mb)
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3 Table of contents
6 Teeing off: Refuting "golf = bad"
8 Feedback
8 Calendar
10 Assistant's view: Leave your options open
12 Design concepts: Debating fairway widths
14 Irrigation issues: Answers for effluent water challenges
16 The Monroe doctrine: A golf trip sans golf clubs
18 Consumer research: Women's watch
20 Environmentalist profile: The road less traveled: Rod Dodson helped change the environmental path of golf over the past 20 years. Now he has his sights on even better goals
30 The future of private clubs
30 -Staying afloat: With nearly 15 percent of private clubs at risk, demographic and economic concerns challenge the segment to evolve or go under
38 -Membership math: Private golf clubs work to attract and retain members while balancing market forces
46 -Are upper-crust clubs immune?: Although some high-end facilities remain insulated, even the most upscale private clubs are finding they aren't immune to economic hardships
35 Wetting agents: An ongoing battle: A superintendent in New Mexico experiments with wetting agents to combat localized dry spots
52 Course management: Should you get a goose dog?: A border collie is an effective, humane way to rid your course of Canada geese. Here's what you need to know before taking on the responsibility
58 Best practices: Recession? What recession?: Golf facilities defeat the economic downturn by giving people what they want - more value, better service and playing opportunities
66 Pesticide purchasing: Realistic expectations: Difficult economic times force superintendents to rethink pesticide use
74 Research
74 -Honing in on humic substances: Researchers in the Intermountain West find that humic substances may provide other benefits, but they may not improve turf quality or reduce water or P fertilizer on putting greens
79 -Poa annua in review: The first in a two-part series looking at annual bluegrass
83 Outside the ropes: Triple play Q&A
84 Travels with Terry: Equipment ideas
86 Product focus: Greens rollers: On a roll: Steve Van Natta has been preaching the gospel of rolling greens, and he's making true believers out of his colleagues in southern Minnesota
88 Ad index
89 Classifieds
90 Parting shots: All in the family

May

Volume 21, No. 5 Full Issue pdf (26 Mb)
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4 Table of contents
8 Teeing off: Learning from our neighbors
10 Feedback
12 Assistant's view: Chapter/assistant relationships
14 Design concepts: Design in 2009 and beyond
16 Irrigation issues: Show me the savings
18 The Monroe doctrine: Superintendent turned salesman
20 Equipment management: Building a strong association
22 Consumer research: Golf jet setters
24 GCI Q&A: The fungus among us: As one of the undisputed stars in the small, weird world of plant pathology, Dr. Bruce Clarke preaches common sense to superintendents
32 Career management: Is social media right for your career?: A primer on popular platforms like blogging, Facebook and Linkedln
42 Greens maintenance: Incredible shrinking greens: Careful monitoring and maintenance practices mitigate decreasing green sizes
67 Course maintenance: Follow the $avings: Outsourcing some maintenance tasks may be the way to go
74 Overseas education: Hands-on learning: Managers at Oman's Muscat Hills hope an in-house turf maintenance academy will help foster a golf course work force in the Middle East
80 Course renovation: Long time coming: Westmoor Country Club's renovation - including green, tee and bunker upgrades - preserves the spirit of William Langford
84 Research: Gaining control: In the second of a two-part series on Poa annua, David M. Kopec, Ph.D., presents several control strategies
92 Product focus
92 -On-course restrooms: Bathroom break
93 -Wetting agents: Less water, big savings
94 Ad index
95 Outside the ropes: Tourney prep at Saucon Valley
96 Travels with Terry: Equipment ideas
96 -Economical greens roller
96 -Alternative greens roller
97 Classifieds
98 Parting shots: Golf's reality show

June

Volume 21, No. 6 Full Issue pdf (24.8 Mb)
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4 Table of contents
8 Teeing off: This too shall pass
10 Feedback
12 Assistant's view: In your staffs' shoes
14 Design concepts: The importance of data & history
16 Irrigation issues: Irrigation consultants revisit roots
18 The Monroe doctrine: Time for the green section
20 Equipment management: 12 do's and don'ts of the shop
22 Consumer research: Golf travel: Business vs. pleasure
24 GCI Q&A: Straight-talking Stan: The USGA's longest-tenured employee reflects on his career, turf consultants and the advice he gives most frequently
32 Career management: A new course: Former superintendents use their management experience in new careers
40 Course management: Coping with fertilizer prices: Erratic fertilizer prices and economic uncertainty have superintendents cutting back
48 Facility management: Energizing ideas: Renewable resources, such as wind, solar and biofuels, are being put into play by golf courses nationwide
68 Irrigation options: The buzz about HDPE pipe: A consultant's perspective on golf course irrigation pipe options
72 Research
72 -Velvet touch: Researchers consider velvet bentgrass as an alternative to creeping bentgrass, evaluating whether it can provide high-quality golf turf and reduce the need for fertilizer, water and fungicide inputs
77 -Impact on the business: Keeper of the velvet greens
78 Product focus: Accessories: The little things: The members at Bigwin Island Golf Club don't notice the golf course accessories - and that's how superintendent Scott Heron likes it
78 Ad index
79 Outside the ropes: Back at Black
80 Travels with Terry: Equipment ideas
81 Classifieds
82 Parting shots: Mythbusting

July

Volume 21, No. 7Full Issue pdf (22 Mb)
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4 Table of contents
6 Feedback
8 Teeing off: Lead the way
10 Assistant's view: Talking shop
27 Irrigation issues: Your map to ground zero
28 Design concepts: What do golfers want most?
30 The Monroe doctrine: Mentoring's payoff
32 Consumer research: Golfers & the web
34 GCI Q&A: All about perspective: As host of this year's PGA Championship, Hazeltine National's Jim Nicol, CGCS, shares his realistic approach to life, tournament prep and the role of the superintendent
40 Irrigation renovation: The price is right: Pricing for an irrigation renovation is at its prime
64 Pond management: War on algae: Superintendents struggle to keep their ponds clean, even with aeration, biological strategies and hand removal in their arsenals
72 Course management: Wow your green committee: Effective communications help foster a relationship with your green chairman and beyond
76 Research: Down and dirty with white grubs: A look at May/June beetle biology and how knowledge about the identity, distribution and age structure of white grubs allows for better control
80 -Impact on the business: War on white grubs: A superintendent at an Army-owned, public golf course combats June beetles with preventive insecticide treatments
82 Product focus: Technical difficulties: A high-tech renovation makes life at Starmount Forest Golf Club a lot easier
83 Outside the ropes: What recession?
84 Travels with Terry: Equipment ideas
84 -Spreadng in style
85 Ad index
85 Classifieds
86 Parting shots: Government that's not dumb
   
 
Smart Irrigation
S1 Cover
S1 Table of contents
S3 5 ways to better manage your water: Ideas big and small to help you save water and, potentially, money
S12 Case study 1: Win-win irrigation: Tennessee's Indian Hills Golf Club was in need of more water, and its corporate neighbor was looking to rid itself of some
S14 Case study 2: Silver stone saved big: A Las Vegas club finished a four-phase improvement plan in 2008 that's expected to save 68 million gallons of water per year
S16 Case study 3: Going eau natural: Cutting the number of irrigated acres of rough, introducing natural areas and upgrading sprinkler heads is conserving water at Indiana's Chariot Run Golf Club
S18 A designer's view: Why choose turf conversion?

October

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November

Volume 21, No. 11Full Issue pdf (14.1 Mb)
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1 Cover
4 Table of contents
6 Feedback
8 Teeing off: Cringeworthy
10 Assistant's view: Getting involved
11 Design concepts: Starting construction
12 Irrigation issues: Boost performance with minimal resources
14 The Monroe doctrine: We need a museum
16 Consumer research: Emerging international destinations
18 Equipment management: Interviewing equipment technicians
19 GCI Q&A: Ode to Dr. Milt: Milton Engelke's storied career includes work on wheat hybridization and a number of turfgrasses. Now he's on to urban sustainability
27 Assistant success guide: Surviving and thriving
28 -Operations: Advice you shouldn't forget: Industry members dole out do's and don'ts for assistants to use in day-to-day operations
31 -Career: Mission: Move up the ladder: Is your handicap on your resume? Maybe it should be. That and other career advice from the Atlanta Athletic Club's Ken Mangum, CGCS
35 -Etiquette: Professional protocol: One Penn State class is shaping the etiquette of tomorrow's golf industry leaders
40 Research: Filtering drainage water: Use of industrial byproducts shows potential in reducing nutrient and pesticide transport in subsurface drainage
43 -Impact on the business: Protecting water quality
46 Product focus: Pond management: Natural balance
47 Outside the ropes: Water, water... anywhere?
48 Travels with Terry: Equipment ideas
48 -Side and back boards
48 -Exhausting all options
49 Ad index
49 Classifieds
50 Parting shots: It's just business