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Superintendents for all seasons: Snow belt versus sun belt

April 15, 2016 By
Superintendents are people for all seasons. Even though I have moved cross-country I am still in the Sun Belt (for agronomic purposes). Although California’s unique geography provides a wide variety of climatic zones within relatively short distances, most golf courses ...

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It’s time to get buzzed about 2016

April 15, 2016 By
Golf is great. Three simple words that can influence the way we feel about the sport, our jobs and the future. Can’t you feel the buzz? Take the Official World Golf Ranking for example. Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, ...

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Spring colors: Turfgrass differences in the spring

April 15, 2016 By
Of all the seasons, spring is where we see the greatest differences in growth and color among the turfgrass species caused by weather. Greens often appear as a patchwork of colors expressed by different turf species and individual populations of ...

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Nimitz Pro G: A New Nematicide for Turf

April 15, 2016 By
Marie Knox is a nematologist and technical manager for Control Solutions, Inc. She has extensive research experience in developing new products for pest management, including turf. Marie can be reached at mknox@controlsolutionsinc.com for more information. Tell me a little about ...

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Photos: Seth Jones

Minimum wage woes

April 14, 2016 By
In the April issue of Golfdom, which should be in your mailbox soon, I talked with Jon Lobenstine, director of agronomy for Montgomery County (Maryland) Golf. He has 171 holes of golf over nine courses. Supervising that much golf, he’s ...

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Hidden gems from the 2016 Golf Industry Show

March 11, 2016 By and
With almost 13,000 attendees, it can be easy to miss a product helpful to a superintendent among the sea of more than 500 booths at the 2016 Golf Industry Show in San Diego. It doesn’t matter if you sailed west ...

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