http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom Golfdom is a magazine of solutions and opinions for golf course superintendents, general managers and owners. Its timely advice and independent voice is valued by turfgrass managers around the country. 2008-05-12T21:37:33Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Home-Depot-Canada-Phases-Out-Pesticides/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/514055?ref=25 Chain plans to increase selection of "environmentally friendly" alternatives. 2008-05-07T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/182008/514055null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Your-Votes-Are-in-For-US-President/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/513107?ref=25 In the April 24 issue of The Insider, we asked you who you want to be president and why. Here's how some of you responded. 2008-05-07T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/182008/513107null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Rounds-Down-As-Is-Consumer-Confidence/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/514056?ref=25 Play off almost 10 percent in March; consumer confidence sinks in April. 2008-05-07T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/182008/514056null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Grub-Busters/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/513080?ref=25 Chuck Silcox, global turf and ornamental product development manager for DuPont Professional Products, discusses grub control in this interview with Golfdom's Larry Aylward. 2008-05-07T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/182008/513080null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/EI-Fills-Out-Board-of-Trustees/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/515264?ref=25 The Environmental Institute for Golf welcomes Bob Wood as chairman and Ken Melrose as vice chairman. 2008-05-07T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/192008/515264null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Cleary-Makes-Appointments/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/514088?ref=25 Company names director of research and regulatory affairs, and director of marketing. 2008-05-07T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/182008/514088null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Toros-Hoffman-Were-Thinking-Way-Out-There/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/515064?ref=25 Company's media day features discussion of irrigation, energy technology and "Innovation at Its Roots." 2008-05-06T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/192008/515064null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/IA-Starts-Floriculture-Interest-Group/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512072?ref=25 Industry leaders to meet in April to discuss irrigation benchmarks and guidelines. 2008-04-24T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/172008/512072null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Were-Looking-For-More-Beautifully-Brutal-Golf-Hole/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511829?ref=25 John Deere Credit now taking votes for par 3s and par 4s. 2008-04-24T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/172008/511829null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Industry+News/Oregon-GCSA-Recognizes-Excellence/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512070?ref=25 Association bestows honors, including superintendent of the year, distinguished service award and new environmental award. 2008-04-24T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/172008/512070null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Wanted-Intelligent-Water-Users/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511834?ref=25 Rain Bird seeks nominees, including superintendents, for awards program. 2008-04-24T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/172008/511834null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Big-Is-Not-Always-Best/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511717?ref=25 New England Turf Show is gigantic proof of that. 2008-04-24T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/172008/511717null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Marriott-Mandates-Audubon-Certification/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512102?ref=25 Its 34 managed golf courses are required to become certified by the end of the year. 2008-04-24T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/172008/512102null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Fruits-of-His-Labor/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512071?ref=25 Mark Woodward: 'I've wanted to do this for some time.' 2008-04-24T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/172008/512071null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/ASGCA-Addresses-Pace-of-Play/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/508849?ref=25 Architects outline strategies to help golfers move around the course more quickly. 2008-04-10T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/152008/508849null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/NCGOA-Elects-New-President/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/508848?ref=25 Charlie Birney plans to champion philanthropy, environmental issues. 2008-04-10T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/152008/508848null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Industry+News/In-Demand-at-Augusta-Besides-a-Ticket-to-the-Tourn/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509100?ref=25 Local businesses vie for Club Car vehicles to park in front of their establishments during Masters week. 2008-04-10T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/152008/509100null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Turfgrass-Breeders-Honor-Duich/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/508844?ref=25 C. Reed Funk Award recognizes lasting impact on the industry. 2008-04-10T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/152008/508844null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Lebanon-on-Board-with-Project-Evergreen/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509082?ref=25 "Project Evergreen is an organization every member of the green industry should stand behind," Lebanon's Mike Sisti says. 2008-04-10T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/152008/509082null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Industry+News/Lee-Named-CEO-of-Sipcam-Agro-and-ADVAN/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509148?ref=25 New leader has extensive experience within the agrochemical industry. 2008-04-10T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/152008/509148null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Columns/Trading-One-Dream-Job-For-Another/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509106?ref=25 Mark Woodward will be the first superintendent to head the GCSAA. 2008-04-10T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/152008/509106null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/The-Mowdown-on-Equipment-Preparation/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509055?ref=25 Tracy Lanier, product manager for John Deere Golf, offers a checklist for superintendents to prepare equipment for the mowing season in this interview with Golfdom's Larry Aylward. Click to hear the podcast. 2008-04-10T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/152008/509055null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Industry+News/Turquoise-Valley-Turns-100/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509126?ref=25 Oldest continuously operated golf course in Arizona plans year-long celebration. 2008-04-10T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/152008/509126null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Nice-Shot/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509061?ref=25 Valent's basketball-themed Turf Madness conference proves educational for attendees. 2008-04-10T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/152008/509061null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/A-Resurgence-of-Rounds/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/508842?ref=25 Same-store rounds pick up 10 percent in February. 2008-04-10T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/152008/508842null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Augusta-Insights/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509056?ref=25 Golfdom's Geoff Shackelford waxes on the famed course's setup, its future and the favorites for the Masters in this interview with Larry Aylward. Click to hear the podcast. 2008-04-10T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/152008/509056null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Equipment-Maintenance-Checklist/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509299?ref=25 John Deere's equipment maintenance checklist. 2008-04-09T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/152008/509299null PDF http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Aeration/Right-on-Line/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512883?ref=25 They might not need to be fast, but they had better be consistent. Whether you manage a par-3, daily-fee track or a possible U.S. Open venue, golfers expect greens to be in harmony with each other. 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/182008/512883null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/People/Top-Assistants/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512888?ref=25 Golfdom goes one on one with Chris McCutcheon, assistant superintendent of Stonewall Golf Club in Gainesville, Va. 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/182008/512888null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Columns/A-Trip-Down-Memory-Fairway/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512877?ref=25 Being Golfdom's 10th year of publishing, I decided to take a trip down memory fairway to revisit some of the people, places and things I've written about in this space. 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/182008/512877null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Putting+Greens/One-Two-Punch/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512886?ref=25 It was late August near Atlanta and as dry as the Sahara Desert. It was also feverishly hot, as it usually is that time of year in the South. 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/182008/512886null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Putting+Greens/Makes-Sens-ors/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512885?ref=25 Water is the big issue for many golf courses, what with the belief among superintendents that one day there might not be enough of it for irrigation. But not according to Robert Criste, vice president of sales for Golflinx, a manufacturer of soil sensors. 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/182008/512885null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Industry+Issues/This-Industry-Has-Issues/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512887?ref=25 The golf course maintenance industry's complexity has sparked various issues , and they have made for some good stories in the past decade. 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/182008/512887null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Columns/Time-to-Get-in-the-Right-Groove/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512881?ref=25 At the Masters recently, all eyes were on the beloved second cut, Augusta National's euphemistic way of describing the 1 3/8-inch rough guarding its fairways. It was the 10th Masters played with the corridors narrowed. And because writers love a good anniversary, you can be sure there was plenty written about it (myself included in Golf World's Masters Preview). 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/182008/512881null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Industry+News/Navigating-Product-Evolution-and-Confusion/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512879?ref=25 Research shows that many superintendents have a difficult time correctly identifying a chemical's brand with its manufacturer. Industry acquisitions often bring about changes in active ingredient ownership, further confusing the marketplace as to which company owns which molecule. Toni Bucci, Ph.D., the business manager of the BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals, is an expert in this area. Golfdom Editor in Chief Larry Aylward recently discussed the topic with Bucci. 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/182008/512879null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Professional+Development/Teach-Your-Interns-Well/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512889?ref=25 As a superintendent with more than 10 years of experience from the tourist town of Vail, Colo., I had the ability to attract several interns to such a beautiful area. Our internship program provided our interns with valuable knowledge and experience that I passed on from my many years in turfgrass management and being a member of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/182008/512889null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Columns/Spring-and-Poa-Annua-Is-in-the-Air/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512882?ref=25 Spring is the time for turf renewal and rejuvenation. Poa annua is part of that spring ritual — often appearing surprisingly out of nowhere and in full bloom. Poa annua is the most seductive of all the plants with which we deal. How can you better explain spending one's entire professional life obsessed with either trying to kill it or maintain it — and then endure scorn for your efforts. 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/182008/512882null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/opintions/Consumer-Confidence-Sinks/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512878?ref=25 The economic news as of late has not been good. Consumer confidence is down, and wholesale inflation has soared. 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/182008/512878null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Columns/Environment-Still-No-1-Concern-for-Golf/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512880?ref=25 As Golfdom celebrates its 10th year, it occurs to me that I have written 112 columns, including this one. 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/182008/512880null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Opening-Day/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512890?ref=25 I should have been in Shakespeare class. Instead, I was parked in the sun in between my dear friends Mike and Paul. We swigged beer, gorged down hot dogs and cracked peanuts that afternoon in the Kaufman Stadium bleachers. 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/182008/512890null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Putting+Greens/Give-Em-What-They-Want/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512884?ref=25 The putting greens are where a lot of green — as in mucho dinero — is invested in the golf course. The putting greens are also where golf course superintendents are often graded for their agronomic abilities. 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/182008/512884null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Co-founder-Steve-Lesnik-steps-down-at-KemperSports/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503780?ref=25 Steve Skinner promoted to lead the privately held company. 2008-03-20T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/122008/503780null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/GCBAA-Expands-Construction-Costs-Guide/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503778?ref=25 Builders Association more than doubles the number of line items for 2008. 2008-03-20T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/122008/503778null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Agrium-Precision-Team-Up/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/504201?ref=25 Companies will sell fertilizer in Canada. 2008-03-20T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/122008/504201null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Kicking-In/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/504199?ref=25 Phoenix donates $10,000 to New York Turgrass Association. 2008-03-20T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/122008/504199null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/A-Sin-to-Spray-Pesticides/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/504176?ref=25 Thanks to Vatican's ruling, expect environmentalists to play God. 2008-03-20T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/122008/504176null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Build-Your-Own-Flagstick/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503776?ref=25 Standard Golf unveils online application for custom flagsticks. 2008-03-20T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/122008/503776null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Irrigation-Show-Gets-New-Name/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503838?ref=25 IA welcomes irrigation professionals to Anaheim, Calif. 2008-03-20T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/122008/503838null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Bayer-and-EI-Sponsor-GIS-Attendees/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503781?ref=25 Five random superintendents get all-expense-paid trip. 2008-03-20T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/122008/503781null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Talk-of-the-Town/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/504036?ref=25 Steve Stephens keeps township-owned Paxon Hollow Country Club green -- without a lot of green. 2008-03-20T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/122008/504036null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Flashback/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/504391?ref=25 In celebration of Golfdom's 10th year of publishing, we're revisiting some of your favorite articles from the past decade. Our first Flashback article is from January 2002 and is written by Golfdom Contributing Editor Geoff Shackelford. The title of the article is "All That Glitters Is Not Gold." In it, Shackelford writes that if the golf industry doesn't learn soon that expensive doesn't mean great, then the game's future is at risk. 2008-03-20T04:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/122008/504391null REMOTE http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/A-Cool-Million/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/499865?ref=25 Family donates money to endow a faculty position in turf management at Oregon State University. 2008-03-05T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/102008/499865null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/People-on-the-Move/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/499750?ref=25 GCBAA named board, Dow fleshes out new business unit. 2008-03-05T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/102008/499750null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/What-Has-the-110th-Congress-Done/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/500475?ref=25 Not much, but that might not be so bad for golf. 2008-03-05T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/102008/500475null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Rounds-Fall-In-January/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/500508?ref=25 Northern states account for most of the decline, but Florida and the Southwest ebb, too. 2008-03-05T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/102008/500508null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/National-Parks-Show-Toxicities/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/499788?ref=25 Study says airborne contaminants pose threat to wildlife. 2008-03-05T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/102008/499788null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Toro-ITT-Flowtronex-Make-Distribution-Deal/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/500524?ref=25 Toro distributors will offer Flowtronex pump stations in United States and Canada. 2008-03-05T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/102008/500524null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Opportunity-Knocks/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/500237?ref=25 Petro-Canada sees opportunity in turf chemicals Petro-Canada, the Calgary-based fuel and lubricant giant, is getting into the turfgrass chemical market with plans to introduce a fungicide later this year and a herbicide in 2009. 2008-03-05T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/102008/500237null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Grow-the-Game-Kit/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/500250?ref=25 Club Car offers companies a brochure and DVD they can use to launch their own grow-the-game programs. 2008-03-05T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/102008/500250null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/The-Darndest-Things-That-People-Say/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/500258?ref=25 The best "Quotables" of the past decade. 2008-03-05T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/102008/500258null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Departments/Top-Assistants/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503061?ref=25 Golfdom goes one on one with Ed Smith, assistant superintendent of Canterbury Golf Club in Cleveland 2008-03-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/112008/503061null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Industry+News/Jumping-Into-the-Fray/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503054?ref=25 There was a new mower manufacturer — and a new color — on the Orange County Convention Center exhibit floor at the Golf Industry Show in February. 2008-03-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/112008/503054null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/around+the+show/Good-Show-ing/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503058?ref=25 We'd like to thank Dr. Scholl for helping us make it through the Golf Industry Show with our feet intact. Without those massaging gel insoles provided to us by the good doctor, we don't think our dogs would've made it through the week. 2008-03-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/112008/503058null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Industry+News/Farewell-to-the-Fertilizer-Business/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503052?ref=25 David Pursell stopped by the Golfdom booth at the Golf Industry Show with some big news: He's getting out of the fertilizer business, which was his family's business for 103 years. 2008-03-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/112008/503052null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Columns/GIS-Offers-Matchless-Networking-Options/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503055?ref=25 If you didn't learn something new or meet new friends, then you must have been in a different place 2008-03-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/112008/503055null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Industry+News/Marriott-Must-Provide-Access-to-Disabled-Golfers/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503051?ref=25 A federal judge ruled Jan. 28 that Marriott International's golf division is in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act because it failed to provide "accessible" or "single-rider" golf cars to disabled persons at its managed properties, according to court documents. 2008-03-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/112008/503051null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Industry+Issues/Letting-Up-On-the-Gas/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503060?ref=25 The cost of gasoline in 2007 was 60 percent higher than in 2004. 2008-03-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/112008/503060null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Industry+Issues/PGRs-Prevail/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503059?ref=25 Business for plant growth regulators is booming. Once viewed as a luxury among superintendents with large budgets less than a decade ago, the chemical innovation has offered superintendents ways to produce healthier plants, denser turfgrass, greener color and overall more consistent conditions for golfers. 2008-03-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/112008/503059null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Industry+News/Soil-Toil-and-Water-Washing/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503053?ref=25 Editor's note: Golfdom is partnering with the American Society of Irrigation Consultants (ASIC) to publish a quarterly column on irrigation success stories in the golf industry on behalf of its members. 2008-03-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/112008/503053null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Columns/Youve-Come-a-Long-Way-Insecticides/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503056?ref=25 The advancement in insecticide chemistry since the early 1970s has been spectacular 2008-03-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/112008/503056null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Columns/laminate-floors/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503062?ref=25 Alas, the kitchen at our 1950s ranch not only didn't cut the mustard, the linoleum floor more resembled spoiled mustard, complete with putrid shadings of green and yellow, chosen presumably to match the avocado counter tops. To make matters worse, the linoleum was ridged with tiny ripples, veritable grime super magnets in a high-traffic area. 2008-03-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/112008/503062null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Industry+Issues/Marking-Our-10th-Year/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503057?ref=25 New Orleans superintendent Peter Carew wore a forlorn look when he appeared on our May 2006 cover. 2008-03-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/112008/503057null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Columns/Taking-Home-Some-Sound-Advice/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503050?ref=25 I saw these folks at the golf industry show. Boy, did they make an impression on me 2008-03-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/112008/503050null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Got-a-Beautifully-Brutal-Golf-Hole/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/484958?ref=25 Deadline for par-5 holes is just around the corner. 2008-02-20T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/032008/484958null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Rounds-Decline-in-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492890?ref=25 Golfers stay home in December to curb overall demand. 2008-02-20T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/082008/492890null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/New-Management-Company-Forms-in-California/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492891?ref=25 Fairchild Golf will specialize in golf course management, marketing and development. 2008-02-20T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/082008/492891null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/People-on-the-Move/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492895?ref=25 Syngenta, BASF, Bayer, among others, welcome staff changes. 2008-02-20T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/082008/492895null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Farewell-to-the-Fertilizer-Business/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/490821?ref=25 David Pursell leaves an industry segment that was rich in his family's heritage. 2008-02-20T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/072008/490821null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Marriott-Must-Provide-Access-to-Disabled-Golfers/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492889?ref=25 Judge states that 'single rider cars are reasonable and necessary.' 2008-02-20T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/082008/492889null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Profile-Products-Sells-DryJect-to-Former-Owners/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492897?ref=25 Profile Products will continue to provide operational support. 2008-02-20T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/082008/492897null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/OTF-Sets-New-Leadership/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492894?ref=25 Ohio Turfgrass Foundation elects its officers and trustees. 2008-02-20T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/082008/492894null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Time-To-Go-All-In-With-Grassroots/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492581?ref=25 RISE makes gutsy call to action during Golf Industry Show. 2008-02-20T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/082008/492581null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Advanced-Sensor-Technology-Sues-Toro-for-Patent-In/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492856?ref=25 Toro says AST suit stems from its recent acquisition of Turf Guard and a lawsuit the company filed against AST for false and misleading advertising practices. 2008-02-20T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/082008/492856null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Baxter-Joins-TyraTech/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/491591?ref=25 William L. Baxter will help execute sales and marketing strategies for TyraTech's new class of non-toxic insecticides and anti-parasitics. 2008-02-20T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/072008/491591null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/PGA-TOUR-Names-TPC-Sawgrass-Superintendent/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492892?ref=25 Tom Vlach follows the retiring Fred Klauk after 27 years. 2008-02-20T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/082008/492892null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Featured+Podcast/Navigating-Product-Evolution-and-Confusion/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492109?ref=25 Research shows that many superintendents have a difficult time correctly identifying a chemical's brand with its manufacturer. Dr. Toni Bucci, the business manager of BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals, discusses what can be done to diminish pesticide product confusion in the marketplace in this podcast with Golfdom Editor in Chief Larry Aylward. 2008-02-18T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/072008/492109null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Industry+News/Soil-Experts-Reflect-On-Katrina-Disaster/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492077?ref=25 Two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, soil scientists and conservation leaders swapped ideas and lessons learned from the disaster during the International Annual Meetings of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) held recently in New Orleans. 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/072008/492077null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Industry+News/Green-Speed-Doesnt-Have-to-Cause-the-Blues/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/488000?ref=25 Life at the golf course will be a lot smoother if you share information about green speed with golfers. 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/052008/488000null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Conference+Coverage/Mona-Will-Remember-Superintendents/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/487528?ref=25 He will continue to fight for their plight at the WGF. 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/052008/487528null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Raise-Your-Height-of-Cut-Without-Losing-Speed/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/488589?ref=25 A stimpmeter can be used to make agronomic decisions and guide maintenance practices. 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/052008/488589null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/opionion/Seminars-Never-Sounded-So-Real/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492049?ref=25 That's right, we think this session will be so dull that we're offering extra incentives for those who can stay awake 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/072008/492049null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Environment/On-The-Oregon-Trail/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492052?ref=25 Allan Clemans took me on a road trip I'll never forget. The executive director of the Oregon Golf Course Superintendents Association escorted me on a two-day tour last August of four golf courses in Oregon, beginning in the Portland area and ending near Bend in the central part of the state. 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/072008/492052null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Dont-Run-and-Hide/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/488001?ref=25 Want to be a better communicator with your golfers? Then talk to them. 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/052008/488001null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Right-Man-for-the-Job/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/488353?ref=25 Greg Norman, recipient of the Old Thomas Morris Award, remains as passionate as ever as chair of the Environmental Institute for Golf. 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/052008/488353null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Golfdom+Insider/Wetting-Agents-Foliar-Feeding-Prove-Promising-For-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/488587?ref=25 Research suggests that steady programs can create more consistent greens. 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/052008/488587null HTML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/opionion/Are-Vendor-backed-Studies-Spoiled/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492048?ref=25 Academic research would have more validity if it was funded by working professionals like you and me 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/072008/492048null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Professional+Development/Back-To-School/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492051?ref=25 Most golf course superintendents are horticulturists by trade, but they will be the first to say their jobs go far beyond making the grass grow. They dabble in budgeting, resource management, accounting, public relations, personnel management, mediation, meteorology, maintenance, wildlife habitat — all while keeping 18 fairways, greens and tee boxes in top form. 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/072008/492051null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Growing+the+Game/Nothing-Short-of-Progress/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492053?ref=25 ClubCorp is making its golf courses shorter and easier. Way shorter, less than 5,000 yards in most cases. 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/072008/492053null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/opionion/A-Lost-Job-But-A-Gained-Perspective/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492046?ref=25 What if he had been 50 years old with three kids to feed when this happened? At 32 and single, Chris covington realized his sky was not falling 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/072008/492046null XML http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/Industry+News/Active-Ingredients-and-the-Environment/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492047?ref=25 "Golf and the environment." You definitely hear those two subjects together in the same sentence more today than you did 20 years ago. And you'll continue to hear them even more in coming years. 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/data/articlestandard/golfdom/072008/492047null XML