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January

Volume 26, No. 1 Full Issue pdf (12.3 Mb)
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1 Cover
4 Table of Contents
6 Teeing Off: Healthier Market, Healthier You
8 Whiteboard
10 Outside the Ropes: Time to Grow: Set a Goal to Not be at the Same Place You are Now at This Time Next Year
11 2014 State of the Industry: Our State of the Industry Analysis Looks to the Past to See How the Industry is Moving Forward
21 Game Plan: Man with a Plan: Does Your Membership Feel Out of the Loop?
24 Water Management: What's in Your Water?: There's More Than Just Hydrogen and Oxygen in Your Water. What You Need to Know to Keep Your Turfgrass Healthy
42 Design Concepts: Timber!: Successfully Sell Your Members on the Idea of Tree Removal
44 Disease Management: PGR Me ASAP: Superintendents Believe Plant Growth Regulators Work with Other Applications to Fend Off Disease; Others See a More Direct Disease Suppression Benefit
52 Johnny Turf Nerd: Can't Make It to Orlando?: There are Always Ways to Get the Information You May be Missing
54 Construction: Open for Business: While New Openings are at Record Lows, the Construction Side of the Industry is Excited About 2014's Prospects
60 Irrigation Issues: Rainy Day Work: Looking for an Offseason Project? Fine-Tune Your Central Control Database
62 Pest Management: Proper I.D.: Correct Bug Identification Allows You to Better Manage Their Threats to Your Turf
66 The Monroe Doctrine: Foreign Service: Overseas Duty May be an Exciting and Lucrative Goal
68 Turf Maintenance: The Dirt on Compost: Topdressing with Compost May Give Your Turf Maintenance Program a Boost
76 Travels with Terry
76 -Push Blower Pump
76 -Generator Auxiliary Fuel Tank
77 Ad Index
77 Classifieds
78 Parting Shots: Reinvention: A Unified Theory for a Personal and Professional Life Well-Lived

February

Volume 26, No. 2 Full Issue pdf (11.5 Mb)
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1 Cover
4 Table of Contents
6 Teeing Off: PTM
8 Whiteboard
10 Game Plan: Rut Busters: Nine Tips to Kick Start Your Facility's Performance
12 Agronomy of Scale: Precision Turf Management (PTM) Offers Unprecedented Control of Turf. But Will the Investment Pay Off?
20 The Monroe Doctrine: Moving in a Different Direction: More Superintendents are Out of Jobs without Decent Explanations
22 Pest Management: Evil Weevils: Experts Weigh in on the Impact This Wild Winter Will have on Annual Bluegrass Weevil Populations
30 Outside the Ropes: Think First: Pursue Only Those Practices That You've Thought Long and Hard About
32 Equipment: Kick the Tires: Acquiring Equipment doesn't have to Break the Bank. What You Need to Look for When Purchasing Used Equipment
36 Irrigation Issues: Make the Smart Choice: Don't Underestimate a Good Irrigation Installation Contractor's Role
38 Disease Management: Ultimate Survivor: This Winter's Frigid Temperatures May Impact Pythium, but don't Count It Out of the Fight Just Yet
42 Design Concepts: The Value of a Good Superintendent: We Still Undervalue and Take for Granted What You do. This Must Change
44 Professional Development: Career: Engage Plan B
48 Notes from the Republic: The Morning After: As the Golf Course Industry Show Hype Wears Off and the Adrenaline Returns to Normal, How to Best Maximize Your Show Experience
50 Poa Particulars: Knowledge is the Best Weapon in Controlling Poa annua on your Course. Our Experts Give You the Rundown on What You Need to Know to Deal with This Formidable Foe
56 Travels with Terry
56 -Foam Marker
56 -Mechanic's Service Vehicle
57 Ad Index
57 Classifieds
58 Parting Shots: GLO: During a Painful Ordeal, One Superintendent Bares His Soul on Social Media

March

Volume 26, No. 3 Full Issue pdf (11.8 Mb)
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1 Cover
4 Table of Contents
6 Tell Your Story
8 Whiteboard
8 -Never too Cold
10 Outside the Ropes: Going at Things Ass Backwards
12 Anatomy of Negotiation: How to Influence, Lead, and Get Your Way: Our Experts Dissect Successful Negotiation Strategies to Protect Your Personal and Professional Interests
13 -Getting Results
16 -Get into Your Crew's Mindset to Get the Most Out of Everyday Work: What do You Want?
25 -You can Always Get What You Want...You Just Need to Negotiate
26 Game Plan: Better to be Smart Than Lucky: Capitalizing on the Top Factors Influencing Golf Development and Operation
28 Plant Health: 2014 Weed Round Up: A Region-by-Region Breakdown of the Weeds to Keep an Eye on This Season
34 Johnny Turf Nerd: No "Fun" in Funding
36 Disease Management: Get Out, Damn Spot!: Record Lows This Winter won't Force Superintendents to Alter Their Standard Dollar Spot Programs
42 Real Science: Dollar Spot - An Appropriate Name for a Costly Nuisance Disease: Dollar Spot is Expensive to Control on Fairways, but a Little Tolerance for This Nuisance Disease can Result in Significant Cost Savings at Your Golf Facility
46 Water Management: Lowering the Chemical Boom: How Aquatic Dyes are Helping Superintendents to Better Manage and Manicure Their Water
50 Irrigation Issues: GIS Recap: Some of the Industry's Irrigation Innovations from This Year's Big Show
52 Case Study: Flush with Features: How an Environmentally Friendly Restroom Helped Solve Some Toilet Trouble at The Flying Horse Club
54 Travels with Terry
54 -Adapted Accelerator Linkage
56 -Moisture Meter Stand
59 Classifieds
59 Ad Index
60 Parting Shots: The Trouble with FOMOs

April

Volume 26, No. 4 Full Issue pdf (12.7 Mb)
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1 Cover
3 Table of Contents
4 Teeing off: Convergence
6 Whiteboard
6 -The Richly Colored Night: How a New Adjuvant is Shining a Light on Course Maintenance
7 -One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
8 Design Concepts: Golf in China: In Some Ways, China's Golf's Evolution is Like Stepping into a Time Machine
10 Seedless: Turf Seed Shortages are a Real Problem for the Golf Industry. Economic Factors Reduce Choices and Limit Your Ability to Get What You Need This Season
16 Game Plan: Zeitgeber: Signals That Guide Marketing, Membership and Promotional Programs
18 Disease Management: The Big Melt: Winter's Record Cold, Snow and Ice are Behind Us. Now It's Time to Get Your Turf into Shape
28 Irrigation Issues: The Little Things: Low- to No-Cost Additions to Make Your System Easier to Operate
30 Disease Management: Coming in for the Kill? Winter's Severe Cold and Snow could Heighten Anthracnose's Impact in 2014, but So could Spring Weather Conditions, Experts Debate. One Thing is Certain: Stress - Whether from Dry-and-Hot or Wet-and-Cold Conditions - is the Key
34 The Monroe Doctrine: Hard Work and Grit: What Paves the Road to Success hasn't or Will Ever Change
36 Water Management: The Age of Wetting Agents: Once Considered "Snake Oil," Wetting Agents have Emerged as a Key Tool in Healthy Turf
42 Outside the Ropes: Art or Science?: Has Science Killed the Art of Growing Grass?
44 Plant Health
44 -Rough Life: Roughs Populated with Native Species are Not Maintenance-Free. Key Problems to be Aware of to Keep Your Native Areas from Going Wild
56 -First Line of Defense: Maintained Ornamentals Add Just as Much to the Overall Experience at Your Course as Manicured Greens and Fairways
48 Construction: Rising from the Waters: Austin's Venerable Onion Greek Club is Back on Track After Devastating Late-October Flood
62 Case Study: Insurance Policy: Preventative Measures Taken by the Team at The Greenbrier Reduces the Risk of Hydraulic Hose Failure
63 Travels with Terry
63 -Homemade Chipper Box
63 -Modified Hitch Pin
65 Classifieds
65 Ad Index
66 Parting Shots: Seeds of Trouble

May

Volume 26, No. 5 Full Issue pdf (13 Mb)
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1 Cover
4 Table of Contents
6 Teeing Off: The Content of Character
8 Whiteboard
10 Design Concepts: Golf should be Fun, Dammit, Part 2: Traditionalists be Damned, We have to Learn New Ways to Love Golf
12 This is His Time: After Biding His Time for Nearly 30 Years, Ronald McWhorter Shed His Title as a Career Assistant and Took on the Mantle of Superintendent
18 Irrigation Issues: Need an Irrigation Tech?: They're a Great Asset to Not Only the Golf Course, but Also to the Irrigation System
20 Research: A Touch of Colorants: Turf Colorants have Gained in Popularity and have become a Go-to Tool for Many Superintendents. Our Exclusive Research Offers Some Insight into This Trend
28 Equipment: Stay Sharp: It's so East to Err When Grinding and Sharpening Mower Reels and Blades. Here Six Common Mistakes and Some Well-Honed Tips to Avoid Them
36 Game Plan: Rethink Capital Planning: Not the Sexiest of Subjects, but Easily the Most Important to be Involved in
38 Industry: So Says Nostra-Bob-Mus
42 Plant Health: What's Killing My Turf?!?!: Don't be Quick to Blame Disease for Your Turf Woes. Any Combination of Abiotic Factors May be the True Culprits
48 Johnny Turf Nerd: Winterkill: A Note to Golfers About This Winter and Its Impact
50 The Monroe Doctrine: Helping with Turf Research: Wisconsin Turf Profs Band Together to Consolidate Funding Resources
52 Real Science: Do Golf Courses Reduce the Ecological Value of Headwater Streams for Salamanders in the Southern Appalachian Mountains?: Strategies to Prepare Bermudagrass Fairways for Overseeding in the Desert Southwest have Changed Dramatically Over the Past Five Years
64 Travels with Terry
64 -Unique Work Benches
64 -Sprinkler Head Leveling Tool
65 Classifieds
65 Ad Index
66 Parting Shots: Dirty Thoughts