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Soil analysis before, 10 years after effluent irrigation

June 23, 2014 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

By Yaling Qian To ensure sustainable and affordable water supplies, more and more golf courses are using effluent water for irrigation. It is well documented that some effluent water sources have marginal quality with relatively high levels of nutrients and ...

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Patent laws need to change for chemical, pharmaceutical companies

June 23, 2014 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

Basel, Switzerland is a beautiful city that sits on the Swiss, French and German borders. It has a population just under 200,000 and has been around since 374 A.D. Basel has been home to chemical and pharmaceutical companies for centuries. ...

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A day with club managers: Committees managing golf courses

June 23, 2014 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Guess who isn’t a big fan of committees to manage a golf club? Club managers. Or at least, the 40-plus club managers I had the pleasure of spending a couple of days with at a golf community in West Palm ...

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Golfdom at the US Open
Presented by BASF

June 8, 2014 By Seth Jones

Welcome to Golfdom’s coverage of the U.S. Open, sponsored by our friends at BASF! I’m in an airport right now, but I’ll be at Pinehurst Resort all week, reporting on Kevin Robinson, Bob Farren and the crew as they make ...

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Golfdom wishes first-time golfer Nathaniel a happy birthday

May 13, 2014 By Seth Jones

In the past four weeks I’ve been on both Augusta National and Pinehurst No. 2. But it was two miles from my front door, at a driving range/pitch and putt, where I saw something I don’t get to see often. ...

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Mark Woodward: Will the golf industry adapt for Millennials to help grow the game?

May 13, 2014 By Mark Woodward

The other day I was sitting in my office with a young colleague and we started talking about the growth of the game initiatives in golf and in general the state of the industry. The conversation was all over the ...

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