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Volume 21, No. 1
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Cover
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Table of contents
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Teeing off: Private Problems
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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
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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"
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Course development: Around the globe: Forward Management Group expands golf in China
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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
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Turfgrass management: Experimenting for success: Trial, error and ingenuity take a front seat in superintendents' PGR programs
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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
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Product focus: Handheld equipment
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-It's in their hands: The maintenance staff at Great River Golf Club meets golfer expectations one piece of handheld equipment at a time
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-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
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February
Volume 21, No. 2
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Table of contents
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Teeing off: Taking research for granted?
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Feedback
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Assistant's view: Do your homework
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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
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Course management
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-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
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Research: Cycling water sources: Freshwater affects saline-irrigated bermudagrass' quality and soil salinity
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Outside the ropes: Preparing for interviews
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Travels with Terry: Equipment ideas
72
Classifieds
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Ad index
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Parting shots: Here's your sign
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March
Volume 21, No. 3
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Teeing off: Perception vs. reality
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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
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Course management: Scaling back: Barona Creek implements a turf reduction project to reduce water, inputs and energy use
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Turfgrass maintenance: The best-laid plans: Superintendents rely on experience, peers and experts to craft effective agronomic programs
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Personnel management: Higher pay vs. better benefits: Knowing employees' preferences boosts retention and satisfaction
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Pesticide management: Preventing herbicide mix-ups: Put a system in place to ensure misapplication doesn't happen
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Research: A new approach: Fertilizer meta-catalysts can maximize nutrient management
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Product focus: Organic fertilizer: Environmental considerations: A public course on Long Island uses organic fertilizers where it can
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Outside the ropes: One year, three majors
87
Travels with Terry: Equipment ideas
88
Classifieds
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Ad index
90
Parting shots: Fear and scribbles
Builder Excellence Awards
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Cover
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And the winners are...
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A word from the GCBAA
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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
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Leave nothing to chance: A well-prepared Aspen Corp. overcomes environmental restrictions and withstands bad weather to complete a renovation project at Wisp Resort
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April
Volume 21, No. 4
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Teeing off: Refuting "golf = bad"
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Feedback
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Calendar
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Assistant's view: Leave your options open
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Design concepts: Debating fairway widths
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Irrigation issues: Answers for effluent water challenges
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The Monroe doctrine: A golf trip sans golf clubs
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Consumer research: Women's watch
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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
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The future of private clubs
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-Staying afloat: With nearly 15 percent of private clubs at risk, demographic and economic concerns challenge the segment to evolve or go under
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-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
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Wetting agents: An ongoing battle: A superintendent in New Mexico experiments with wetting agents to combat localized dry spots
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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
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Best practices: Recession? What recession?: Golf facilities defeat the economic downturn by giving people what they want - more value, better service and playing opportunities
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Pesticide purchasing: Realistic expectations: Difficult economic times force superintendents to rethink pesticide use
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Research
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-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
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-
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
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May
Volume 21, No. 5
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Teeing off: Learning from our neighbors
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Feedback
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Assistant's view: Chapter/assistant relationships
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Design concepts: Design in 2009 and beyond
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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
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Greens maintenance: Incredible shrinking greens: Careful monitoring and maintenance practices mitigate decreasing green sizes
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Course maintenance: Follow the $avings: Outsourcing some maintenance tasks may be the way to go
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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
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Course renovation: Long time coming: Westmoor Country Club's renovation - including green, tee and bunker upgrades - preserves the spirit of William Langford
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Research: Gaining control: In the second of a two-part series on
Poa annua
, David M. Kopec, Ph.D., presents several control strategies
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Product focus
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-On-course restrooms: Bathroom break
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-Wetting agents: Less water, big savings
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Ad index
95
Outside the ropes: Tourney prep at Saucon Valley
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Travels with Terry: Equipment ideas
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-Economical greens roller
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-Alternative greens roller
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Classifieds
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Parting shots: Golf's reality show
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June
Volume 21, No. 6
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Teeing off: This too shall pass
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Feedback
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Assistant's view: In your staffs' shoes
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Design concepts: The importance of data & history
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Irrigation issues: Irrigation consultants revisit roots
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The Monroe doctrine: Time for the green section
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Equipment management: 12 do's and don'ts of the shop
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Consumer research: Golf travel: Business vs. pleasure
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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
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Career management: A new course: Former superintendents use their management experience in new careers
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Course management: Coping with fertilizer prices: Erratic fertilizer prices and economic uncertainty have superintendents cutting back
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Facility management: Energizing ideas: Renewable resources, such as wind, solar and biofuels, are being put into play by golf courses nationwide
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Irrigation options: The buzz about HDPE pipe: A consultant's perspective on golf course irrigation pipe options
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Research
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-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
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-Impact on the business: Keeper of the velvet greens
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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
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Ad index
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Outside the ropes: Back at Black
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Travels with Terry: Equipment ideas
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Classifieds
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Parting shots: Mythbusting
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July
Volume 21, No. 7
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Teeing off: Lead the way
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Assistant's view: Talking shop
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Irrigation issues: Your map to ground zero
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Design concepts: What do golfers want most?
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The Monroe doctrine: Mentoring's payoff
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Consumer research: Golfers & the web
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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
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Pond management: War on algae: Superintendents struggle to keep their ponds clean, even with aeration, biological strategies and hand removal in their arsenals
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Course management: Wow your green committee: Effective communications help foster a relationship with your green chairman and beyond
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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
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-Impact on the business: War on white grubs: A superintendent at an Army-owned, public golf course combats June beetles with preventive insecticide treatments
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Product focus: Technical difficulties: A high-tech renovation makes life at Starmount Forest Golf Club a lot easier
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Outside the ropes: What recession?
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Travels with Terry: Equipment ideas
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-Spreadng in style
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Ad index
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Classifieds
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Parting shots: Government that's not dumb
Smart Irrigation
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5 ways to better manage your water: Ideas big and small to help you save water and, potentially, money
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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
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A designer's view: Why choose turf conversion?
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August
Volume 21, No. 8
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Feedback
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Teeing off: Secret shopping
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Design concepts: A new golf course
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Irrigation issues: Commissioning a GPS survey
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The Monroe doctrine: Some good news from Michigan
16
Consumer research: Tracking driver and ball buyers
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Career management: Finding balance: When it comes to work/life balance, superintendents are often their own worst enemies
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Turf management: Beware of summer DMI use: Avert disaster by avoiding DMI fungicide use in the heat of summer
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-DMI fungicide use on creeping bentgrass during heat stress
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Bunker renovation: Eyeing liners: Superintendents look to reduce maintenance labor when weighing bunker liner options
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Outside the ropes: It pays to play
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Travels with Terry: Equipment ideas
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-What a drag
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-A clean sweep
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Classifieds
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Ad index
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Parting shots: Call me back!
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September
Volume 21, No. 9
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Feedback
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-Correction
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Teeing off: Five things...
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Design concepts: Routing a golf course
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The Monroe doctrine: The crickets are crying autumn
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Equipment management: Preventive maintenance programs
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Consumer research: Taking cues from confidence
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Management companies: Gearing up for growth: Despite a historically shaky collective reputation, management and contract maintenance companies are positioned to grow
24
Turf management: Getting over overseeding: Facilities choose to overseed less, or not at all, to save money and improve playability
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Product focus: Aerification: A perfect fit
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Research: Dollars and cents: Early-season treatments may delay the onset of dollar spot symptoms and save turf managers an application or two
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-Impact on the business: Living on the edge: An increase in dollar spot pressure created some challenges at Statesville (N.C.) Country Club
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Travels with Terry: Equipment ideas
40
-Sponge Bob weed killer
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Ad index
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Classifieds
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Parting shots: Being your own boss
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October
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November
Volume 21, No. 11
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Feedback
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Teeing off: Cringeworthy
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Assistant's view: Getting involved
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Design concepts: Starting construction
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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
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-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
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-Etiquette: Professional protocol: One Penn State class is shaping the etiquette of tomorrow's golf industry leaders
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Research: Filtering drainage water: Use of industrial byproducts shows potential in reducing nutrient and pesticide transport in subsurface drainage
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-Impact on the business: Protecting water quality
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Product focus: Pond management: Natural balance
47
Outside the ropes: Water, water... anywhere?
48
Travels with Terry: Equipment ideas
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-Side and back boards
48
-Exhausting all options
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Ad index
49
Classifieds
50
Parting shots: It's just business
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December
Volume 21, No. 12
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Teeing off: Shared sacrifice
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Design concepts: Moving and shaping
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Irrigation issues: Boost performance with minimal resources
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Consumer research: Loyalty is the answer, not discounting
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The Monroe doctrine: The National
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Examining budgets: The impact of 2009 cuts and the ramifications for 2010
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Budgeting: Starting from scratch: A look at golf course management through zero-based budgeting
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Case study: Ground zero: A zero-based approach keeps Estero Country Club's maintenance budget "lean and mean"
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Irrigation: Pinpointing deficiencies: Irrigation audits reveal superintendents may need to change nozzles, adjust throw and hand-water to improve uniformity
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Product focus: Wildlife control: Pest prevention
32
Travels with Terry: Equipment ideas: Trailing along
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Ad index
33
Classifieds
34
Parting shots: 2010: A golf odyssey
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