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Social media tips for golf course superintendents

November 12, 2015 By Joelle Harms

Social media is a blessing to the golf industry. Many golf course superintendents and general managers use social media to keep up with maintenance best practices, give each other virtual pats on the back, share research and solve problems. If ...

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A call to duty

November 6, 2015 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

In 1920, Inverness Country Club, Toledo, Ohio, played host to the U.S. Open. At the time, the greens chairman complained about — or maybe brought to light — the lack of an impartial source of agronomic information for maintaining a ...

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Do more: A word from the publisher who’s proud to be pink

October 15, 2015 By Pat Roberts

Is it fair to ask a superintendent to actually do more? Is there even enough time in the day to cram in one more thing? ¶ You have pressure coming at you from all sides: your boss, the members, the ...

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Communicate about the need for seasonal turf maintenance programs

October 15, 2015 By Joel Jackson

There was an interesting comment online recently about how some folks refer to our most invasive cultural practices as “evils” because they mark up the playing surface for a week or two, often less. Golfers hate to see those big ...

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Best evening ride on the golf course ever

October 15, 2015 By Matt Neff

Anyone who has kids knows that they ask a ton of questions, from the profound (Why are there wars?) to the decidedly not (How does your bottom make poop?). Other than correcting my 3-year-old son’s underwhelming grasp of the human ...

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Turfgrass research facilities: The core of the program

October 15, 2015 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

Turfgrass research field days are exciting times for university turfgrass programs. They are days when faculty, staff and students get to show off a little of what they know and what they are doing for the turf industry. From an ...

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