Archive for February 2007

Savings? What Savings?

February 9, 2007 By
It’s hard to make ends meet. But is it Great-Depression-like hard? Personal savings fell to its lowest level in 74 years in 2006 — negative 1 percent, according to a Commerce Department report. That means Americans spend 101 percent of ...

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State of the Profession Special Report

February 7, 2007 By
The golf course industry’s leaders, including GCSAA CEO Steve Mona and NGCOA CEO Mike Hughes, agree that the last thing the golf industry needs is more holes of golf dotting the country. Hence, they believe that minus 26.5 net golf ...

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Selling Out

February 5, 2007 By
Several months ago I downloaded the Kansas song “Dust in the Wind” to my new iPod. That 1980s spiritual anthem, with its nifty and meditative violin-based groove, always stopped and made me contemplate the status of the world. Yeah, it ...

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Survey Shows Superintendents Satisfied With Career

February 1, 2007 By
Would you do it over again? More than four in five superintendents would become superintendents again, according to a recent in-depth survey by Golfdom. On the flip side, 18 percent would choose a different career if they could. While that ...

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‘Right’ On

February 1, 2007 By
Golf course ‘correction’ could bode well for the industry, according to our special report Remember when the stock market underwent a correction a few years ago? Well, if you glance at the market closings in the business section of today’s ...

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