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GCSAA to fund two new research projects

GCSAA has announced it is funding two new research projects for 2013, one on drought and traffic stress, and the other on anthracnose disease control. The projects, along with four that are in progress, give GCSAA six ongoing studies, each... Continue reading

Posted 5 days ago at From the desk of GCM

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Pressure just part of the gig at Sawgrass

Here’s another update from our man inside the golf course management operations at TPC Sawgrass for this week’s Players Championship — Peter White, a UMass student from the school’s winning team during the 2013 GCSAA Collegiate Turf Bowl competition, which... Continue reading

Posted May 9, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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Drying out a waterlogged Sawgrass

TPC Sawgrass volunteer correspondent Peter White gives a look into Saturday and Sunday activity Saturday night when we arrived at TPC Sawgrass at the early dinner meeting, (director of agronomy) Tom Vlach, CGCS, kicked the evening off and welcomed all... Continue reading

Posted May 6, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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Inside the ropes at the Players Championship

The PGA Tour heads to TPC Sawgrass this week for the playing of the 2013 Players Championship. And the golf course management team preparing the course for one of the most important events in golf — led by Tom Vlach,... Continue reading

Posted May 6, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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Philip S. "Stan" George, CGCS, 1956-2013

You cannot be a GCSAA staff member for very long and not become attached to the association’s members. Regardless of position, staff interacts with the membership on a variety of matters. And while few on staff have an agronomic background,... Continue reading

Posted Apr 29, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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Syngenta opens SBI application process

A popular source of hard-core business training for golf course superintendents is now accepting applications for its 2013 event. The Syngenta Business Institute, conducted in conjunction with the Wake Forest University School of Business, is entering its fifth year and... Continue reading

Posted Apr 25, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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Golfers play key role in golf course sustainability

Editor's note: The following news release was distributed today by GCSAA, in honor of Earth Day. For more information about how superintendents foster sustainability on the golf course, visit www.gcsaa.org/earth-day-2013. Golfers can go green? That's right. Just as consumers can... Continue reading

Posted Apr 22, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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Golf takes the Hill on National Golf Day

So, what is National Golf Day? It's a question I get quite frequently when people learn that for the past several years I've been a part of GCSAA's contigent at the annual gathering of the golf industry in Washington D.C.... Continue reading

Posted Apr 18, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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Kubota eyes golf course equipment market

Is a major new player about to enter the golf course equipment arena? Maybe. But company officials with Kubota — a worldwide leader in the manufacture of tractors, construction equipment and commercial-grade mowers — say that despite their growing interest... Continue reading

Posted Apr 11, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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GCSAA superintendent salaries up in 2013

Employers of GCSAA superintendents continue to reinforce the value they place in these golf course managers as the average salary for the profession in 2013 climbed to more than $82,500 annually, according the GCSAA Compensation and Benefits Report. The $82,573... Continue reading

Posted Apr 9, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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Rules of Golf survey needs your input

Jack Fry, Ph.D., the noted professor of turfgrass science and the director of the Rocky Ford Turfgrass Research Center at Kansas State University — as well as one of GCM's regular columnists — is asking GCSAA members for their help... Continue reading

Posted Apr 2, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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Big cat gets big attention at Florida course

The next time you start complaining about pests on your golf course, think about Carlos Burguillo. Burguillo, the superintendent at the Golf Club of the Everglades in Naples, Fla., and a three-year GCSAA member, sent me these eye-opening photos earlier... Continue reading

Posted Mar 28, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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For some, sluggish golf economy picks up steam

In the 1990s golf course architects were building courses at a feverish pace. But that all changed with the economic difficulties of the past several years. More recently, many golf course architects have either turned most of their attention overseas... Continue reading

Posted Mar 26, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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New Bayer initiative to benefit GCSAA, EIFG

Bayer Environmental Science has launched a new program aimed at advancing plant health research and education, with GCSAA members and the association’s philanthropic organization, the Environmental Institute for Golf, serving as the prime beneficiaries. Dubbed Healthy Turf, Healthy Tomorrow, the... Continue reading

Posted Mar 11, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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NGF: U.S. course openings remain stagnant

If you find yourself in a part of the United States where a new golf course opened its doors in 2012, consider yourself in rare company. According to initial information from the National Golf Foundation, only 13.5 new golf courses... Continue reading

Posted Feb 20, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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Sharp Park saga adds another chapter

The long-running story of Sharp Park Golf Course and its battles with environmental groups bent of closing the historic Alister MacKenzie-designed layout has taken another strange twist. Just two months after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by environmental... Continue reading

Posted Feb 11, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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Grass selections for Rio Olympic course revealed

Today at the Golf Industry Show in San Diego, Dr. Frank Rossi, of Cornell University, talked about his involvement as consulting agronomist in the selection of turf varieties for the first golf course to be built as the venue for... Continue reading

Posted Feb 7, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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Costello conquers GCSAA tourney field

Charles Costello, the GCSAA Class A superintendent at Phoenix (Ariz.) Country Club, survived a challenge from one of the largest fields in tournament history and one of America’s toughest golf courses to win his first Golf Course Superintendents Association of... Continue reading

Posted Feb 5, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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GCSAA member featured at H-2B briefing

While many GCSAA members were on their way to San Diego for this week's GCSAA Education Conference and Golf Industry Show, one Virginia superintendent was on Capitol Hill to stand up for the golf course management industry. Christian Sain, the... Continue reading

Posted Feb 5, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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Trio tops GCSAA tournament leaderboard

Surviving both the weather and one of America's most challenging golf courses, a trio of GCSAA members find themselves tied for the lead after the first round of the GCSAA National Championship. Charles Costello, the superintendent at Phoenix (Ariz.) CC,... Continue reading

Posted Feb 4, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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A foggy start for GCSAA Golf Championships

Apparently, Mother Nature wasn't done playing tricks on San Diego. After an inch of rain and a thick layer of fog forced the postponement of the third round of the PGA Tour's Farmers Insurance Open two weeks ago at Torrey... Continue reading

Posted Feb 4, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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A glimpse inside the GCSAA Golf Championships

The pomp and circumstance has ended (at least for now) and the GCSAA Golf Championships are officially underway with today's Four-Ball competition. But before those results begin rolling in, wanted to share a few photos from the first few days... Continue reading

Posted Feb 3, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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Operation San Diego has begun

Although I'm certain that the face that looks back at me in the mirror each morning isn't old enough to say something like this, I find myself reporting to you today from my 14th GCSAA Golf Championship in San Diego,... Continue reading

Posted Feb 2, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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San Diego braces for zombie (weed) attack!

The annual Golf Industry Show is always good for a few cases of the unusual, usually as a means to promote a company or a product on the trade show floor. There's been Bigfoot sightings (thanks to our pals over... Continue reading

Posted Jan 29, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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Dodson set to retire from Audubon International

After 25 years serving an organization that he created, Ronald Dodson is saying goodbye to Audubon International. The environmental outift announced today that Dodson is retiring after a quarter of century as its founder, executive director and president of its... Continue reading

Posted Jan 29, 2013 at From the desk of GCM

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