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Announcing… GOLFDOM CHINA (Sort of. OK, not really.)

March 23, 2012 By
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but a few of our competitors have launched new digital magazines for our friends in China. They have done this by translating their mags and plopping a “China” on the cover. Their are also ...

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Arrested Development

March 22, 2012 By
What the heck? Where have I been all week? Is it already Thursday?!? I’ve been here all week, pounding away on the keyboard. Deadlines! Plus, perhaps the combination of both KU men’s and women’s basketball making the Sweet 16, Peyton ...

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How far ahead is your turf?

March 19, 2012 By
A super in Virgina told me he’s going to mow his Bermuda fairways and tees today, about three weeks earlier than normal. How far ahead is your turf, and where are you? ...

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Web surfing…

March 18, 2012 By
And I found this from who I assume is a golf course superintendent in British Columbia, writing an op-ed about pesticide bans… pretty well done: http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/opinion/138606884.html ...

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Poa control product receives EPA approval

March 16, 2012 By
News out of Arysta LifeScience — the company has received EPA approval for their Xonerate herbicide that controls Poa annua. I met with Doug Houseworth, Ph.D., and Michael Maravich of Arysta LifeScience during the Golf Industry Show, and they were ...

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Who’s got next?

March 14, 2012 By
Sent from my iPhoneCheck out the sweet foosball table the crew has out at Audubon CC in Louisville, Ky. Superintendent John Ballard says the games get pretty fierce out there. And they play real foos, too, that means NO SPINNING! ...

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