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Is propane the answer for the golf industry?

November 24, 2014 By Mark Woodward

As our industry gets more and more regulated each year it will continue to be important for golf course managers to look at new and creative ways to manage their facilities. Superintendents are constantly fine-tuning their maintenance practices and using ...

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State of the golf industry: The big wheel keeps on turning

November 24, 2014 By Joel Jackson

Updates on the state of the golf industry keep coming from all facets of the game. I think of the industry as a big wheel and the spokes are made up of the many specializations that go into the single ...

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The agony of the résumé black hole

November 24, 2014 By Matt Neff

So I’m just going to get it out of the way and ask now… did you receive my résumé? Yes? No? Maybe? ¶ During a recent conversation with a sales rep, I mentioned the surprising number of times, especially over ...

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The answer is (and isn’t) on the clipboard

November 24, 2014 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

When my son was in second grade I had the opportunity to coach his soccer team. We were playing a team that was much better than us, but we were only down 2-1. ¶ As I was standing there, clipboard ...

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Winter weed control in dormant bermudagrass

November 24, 2014 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Patrick McCullough, Ph.D., is an extension turf weed scientist at the University of Georgia. He conducts numerous weed control trials each year to help him make weed control recommendations to superintendents. McCullough can be reached at pmccull@uga.edu for more information. ...

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Peaks and Prairies fall educational meeting

October 30, 2014 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Peaks and Prairies GCSA members had the good fortune to listen to Brian Horgan, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, speak at their fall meeting. Horgan started the day with a presentation about heat stress on cool-season turfgrasses and ways to proactively ...

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