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Survey says: Golf course conditions

April 1, 2013 By
We’ve all heard the survey results — golf course conditioning is the No. 1 reason golfers favor one course over another. The role of the superintendent therefore is even more important today than it was in the past, when greenkeepers ...

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Good greens in early spring

April 1, 2013 By
Aaron Patton, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of turfgrass science at Purdue University and devotes a portion of his research to improving golf course playing conditions. He can be reached at ajpatton@purdue.edu. Q: What can superintendents do to provide greens that ...

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Trying to see through the smog

April 1, 2013 By
I could not remember the last time I thought about smog. Until, that is, I ran into a few superintendents from China at the 2013 Golf Industry Show in San Diego. From what I was told (and later confirmed through my ...

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Impact of strobilurin applications on season-long turfgrass health

April 1, 2013 By
By Brandon Horvath, Ph.D. Four summer fungicide programs consisting of five applications on a 14-day interval were applied to a creeping bentgrass putting green in the transition zone. Strobilurin fungicides, pyraclostrobin, azoxystrobin, fluoxastrobin and trifloxystrobin were applied at the second ...

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Best. Month. EVER.

March 29, 2013 By
Wow! What a month here at the Golfdom Daily! “Hey Sned, you read the Golfdom Daily?” “You bet, Tiger. Every day!” Why? Because we just set a record for the most hits ever in a single month. And why not? ...

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Gruesome discovery near golf course

March 27, 2013 By
Wouldn’t want to be the golfers who discovered two bodies near a Tallahassee golf course. Check it out here. ...

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