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| January 7, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 1 |
| -On Again, Off Again: The Process of Covering and Uncovering Greens |
| -Interpreting Water Tests: It's as Easy as 1-2-3 |
| -On Course with Nature: Moving Forward with 20 Years of Experience: New Approaches Advance Environmental Programs |
| -Define Desired Conditioning as You Engage 2011 |
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| January 14, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 2 |
| -The Future is Now: New Insecticides Provide Excellent Control While Reducing Environmental Concerns |
| -Winter: A Holiday for Greens? |
| -What Do You Do in the Winter Anyway? |
| -Liquid "Overseed" |
| -Are You Planning a Renovation Project?: Here is a Tool to Help You Measure Irregularly Shaped Areas with Surprising Accuracy |
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| January 21, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 3 |
| -Nature Calls: Going Green? Consider Eco-Friendly Composting Toilets |
| -Thatch Legislation |
| -One Result, Many Causes |
| -Layer Up for Extra Warmth - Pine Straw Adds Protection for Winter Injury Prevention |
| -Turf Twisters: Frost |
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| January 28, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 4 |
| -A "New" Normal for Golf Course Maintenance: Given a Soft Economy, Recent Adjustments May Not Necessarily be Temporary |
| -Environmental Common Sense - A Sample In-House Audit: Some Simple Steps are All You Need to Start |
| -Advice to Players - May 21, 1923 |
| -It's That Time of Year! |
| -The State of the Northeast Region Halfway Through Winter |
| -Turf Twisters: Where Should the Permanent Tee Markers be Placed? |
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| February 4, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 5 |
| -2011 Golf Industry Show: USGA Green Section Education Conference Program: Lessons Learned Come in All Forms |
| -The Summer of 2010 and What Superintendents and Golfers can Learn from It |
| -Can Annual Bluegrass Putting Greens be Healthy and Fast? |
| -A Method to Give a Goose to Your Geese - Part 2 |
| -Bermudagrass Greens May Be in Trouble - Again! |
| -The Bench Versus the Actual |
| -Dormant Bermudagrass Depression |
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| February 11, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 6 |
| -Audubon International Presents the First Ronald G. Dodson Golf and the Environment Leadership Award to Green Section National Director, James T. Snow |
| -USGA Makes $10,000 Donation to the Golf Course Builders Association of America "Sticks for Kids" Program |
| -Leaf Spot Disease: A Concern for Many Florida Golf Courses |
| -Notes from the Kikuyugrass Summit in Southern California |
| -What's Under All That Snow and Ice? |
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| February 18, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 7 |
| -2011 Green Section Award: Dennis Lyon, CGSA, Recipient of the Green Section's Highest Honor |
| -Regrassing Greens at New Haven Country Club: A Successful Regrassing Project, Utilizing Washed Sod, Modernized and Restored the Classic Green Pads |
| -The Dicey, Icy Decision |
| -Spring Fever in February |
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| February 25, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 8 |
| -A Time to Change: The Ultradwarf Bermudagrass Putting Green Model is Solid in the Southern USA |
| -Winter Injury Alert! |
| -Atlanta Golf Course Superintendent Inducted into Georgia Golf Hall of Fame |
| -Jump Start High Traffic Areas |
| -Strategic Planning |
| -USGA Green Section Regional Conference Schedule: Mark Your Calendar! |
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| March 4, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 9 |
| -Putting Green Aeration: It is More Important Than You Think |
| -Soil Testing Procedures for Calcareous Sands: Well-Established Soil Testing Methods on Soils Containing Calcium Carbonate or Gypsum Often Underestimate Fertilizer and Soil Amendment Requirements |
| -GCSAA Awards Education Points for Turfgrass Advisory Service Visits |
| -Tools of the Trade: Purdue University Posts Useful On-Line Calculators |
| -2011 March Madness |
| -Managing Expectations in 2011 |
| -Transitioning |
| -Save Those Dates |
| -Color-Coded Calendar Helps Communicate the Impact of Core Aeration on Greens |
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| March 11, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 10 |
| -Coexisting with Coots: Doing What is Right is Not Difficult and It Doesn't Cost All that Much |
| -Oh No! Not Again! Aerators are Firing Up All Over the Country |
| -Bentgrass Still Works in the South |
| -Some Do's and Don'ts as the Golf Season Approaches |
| -Spring Time in Florida |
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| March 18, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 11 |
| -Green Section Education Conference Presentations |
| --The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - The Green Committee Unveiled |
| --Best Turf Tip #1 - Nothing Done, Something Gained |
| -Is Your Course Environmentally and Economically Sound?: Questions and Answers to Some of the Most Serious Challenges Facing Courses Today |
| -Attention Golf Course Superintendents: University Scientists Need Your Help to Evaluate Anthracnose |
| -Don't Procrastinate - Irrigate |
| -A Painful Start to Spring |
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| March 25, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 12 |
| -Golf Digest 2011 Green Star Awards: Does Your Resort Deserve Recognition? |
| -Green Section Education Conference Presentations - Part II: Two More Presentations Made by the Green Section Staff at the 2011 Golf Industry Show |
| -Is Your Course Environmentally and Economically Sound?: Is the Course Maintained in a Manner Consistent with the Available Budget and Labor? |
| -Webcast Recording: Winter Injury on Putting Greens in Northern Areas |
| -Courses Generally Emerging from Winter in Good Condition |
| -Update from the Sunshine State |
| -St. Patricks' Day Symposium and Salute! |
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| April 1, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 13 |
| -Do You Know the Proper Use of the Word "Green" in Golf?: Use This Information to Impress Your Less Knowledgeable Golfing Friends |
| -Green Section Education Conference Presentations - Part III: Two More Green Section Staff Presentations Made at the 2011 Golf Industry Show |
| -Overnight Practice Faciilty Tees: Sodding the Practice Tee can get You Back in the Game Quickly |
| -After the Snow, the Grass will Begin to Grow |
| -March Roars Out Like a Lion |
| -2010 Extends into 2011 |
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| April 8, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 14 |
| -Fore the Golfer: Ball Marks - An Old Nemesis |
| -Green Section Education Conference Presentations - Part IV: Two More Green Section Staff Presentations Made at the 2011 Golf Industry Show |
| -Mandated Water Restrictions for South Florida |
| -Spring Dead Spot, Overseeding, and Budget Cuts |
| -Oahu - The Gathering Place for Information |
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| April 15, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 15 |
| -Understanding Annual Bluegrass Weevils: By Better Understanding the Movements of This Serious Insect Pest, Golf Course Superintendents can More Effectively Target Its Control |
| -Fore the Golfer: Turf Twister: Repairing Divots - Are You Doing It the Right Way? |
| -Green Section Education Conference Presentations - Part V: Another Presentation Made at the 2011 Golf Industry Show |
| -Is Your Course Environmentally and Economically Sound?: Questions and Answers to Some of the Most Serious Challenges Facing Courses Today |
| -A Mid-Atlantic Regional Update |
| -A Northeast Regional Update |
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| April 22, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 16 |
| -Golf Courses Benefit People and the Environment: What are the Principles? |
| -The Park Grass Experiment and the Fight Against Dogma: Sometimes the Value of a Turfgrass Management Program Takes a Long Time to Become Apparent |
| -Greening the Game: The Business Value of Environmental Stewardship |
| -Tried and True |
| -Sand is Good for the Game |
| -What Happened to Our Golf Course? |
| -Kill the Rye or the Bermudagrass will Die |
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| April 29, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 17 |
| -Fore the Golfer: Is Golf Getting Too Soft? |
| -The Cutting Height Dilemma: Finding the Right Balance |
| -2011 Southeast Turf Conference Set for May 3, 2011 |
| -Golfers' Perspective of Bermudagrass in the Spring: "It's Green! Just Fertilize It" |
| -Controlling Stress Variables Now Pays Off Later in the Season |
| -Recovery from Winter Damage: What a Difference a Year Makes |
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| May 6, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 18 |
| -"A Gem in the Game of Golf": The Game Loses a True Champion |
| -Fore the Golfer: It's Time We Give You Credit for Your Efforts! |
| -Make the Most from Your USGA TAS Visit: Communication is Key |
| -North-Central Region |
| -Ireland Links - Firm and Fast can Last! |
| -Addressing Shade Issues |
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| May 13, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 19 |
| -How Fast were the Greens at the U.S. Open?: Things have Changed a Bit Since 1978 |
| -End of the Line for Nutrients and Pesticides: USDA Scientists Investigate a Novel Approach to Protect Water Quality Surrounding Golf Courses |
| -Preparing Congressional CC for the U.S. Open: Above and Below the Ground |
| -If I'm Sneezing, It Must be Spring |
| -Seasonal Changes |
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| May 20, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 20 |
| -Welcoming Wildlife - Wild Turkeys: A Simple Feeder Supports Native Birds |
| -Bunker Preparation for the U.S. Open - in 1926: Differing Opinions on Bunker Maintenance is Nothing New |
| -Fore the Golfer: It's Time We Give Credit for Your Efforts! |
| -April Showers Bring...More Rain in May |
| -From the Mountains to the Prairies |
| -The Bentgrass Blues |
| -Where do the Roots Go When There is Too Much Water? |
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| May 27, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 21 |
| -Fore the Golfer: The "One, Two Punch" for Putting Greens |
| -New Grasses for Golf: The Search for Cold-Hardy Bermudagrass Cultivars |
| -A Green Section Point of View: Putting Green Consistency: What It is, and What It is Not! |
| -USGA Green Section Internship Program |
| --Meet the 2011 Green Section Interns |
| --Green Section Interns - Where are They Now? |
| -Two Turf Tips for Summer Aeration and Irrigation Improvements |
| -Now You Seed It, Now You Don't |
| -A Rough May |
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| June 3, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 22 |
| -Fore the Golfer: Cattails - "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em" |
| -Lesson One for Junior Golfers - "Care of the Course": The First Tee of Pittsburgh and the Greater Pittsburgh Golf Course Superintendents Association Join Together to Teach Young Golfers Etiquette and Respect for the Course |
| -The First Green Foundation Environmental Education Outreach in Action: Most Primary Grade Teachers and Students have Never Been on a Golf Course. In the State of Washington, This is Changing |
| -Two Pest Surprises in the Southeast Region |
| -The Heat is On |
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| June 9, Vol. 49, No. 23 |
| -2011 U.S. Open - Maintenance and Course Setup - Congressional Country Club Course Fact Sheet |
| -2011 U.S. Open - Inside the Ropes: A Green Section Podcast with Stan Zontek |
| -Want More Information About This Year's Open? |
| -On Course with Nature: Congressional Country Club Hosts the Wild and the Open |
| -The Summer of 211 - Off to a Sizzling Start |
| -The Heat is On |
| -Formation of the California Turfgrass and Landscape Foundation |
| -Proactive Measures are Needed to Prepare for the Summer |
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| June 17, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 24 |
| -2011 U.S. Open - Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland |
| -Survival of Bluebirds on Golf Courses: Researchers at the College of William and Mary Document the Survival of Eastern Bluebirds Fledged On and Off the Golf Course |
| -Northeast Region News Update |
| -Rain, Rain, Please Come Today |
| -The Theory of Relativity |
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| June 24, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 25 |
| -What Drought Restrictions Mean for Golfers: Restrictions Result in Significant Changes in Course Management and Appearance |
| -Why Can't the Golf Course Irrigation System Keep Up?: Given the Cost and Coverage of Today's Computerized Systems Why Should a Drought Impact the Appearance of the Course at All? |
| -2011 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship: June 27 - July 2 Bandon Dunes Golf Resort: A USGA Green Section Podcast with Larry Gilhuly |
| -Want More Information About USGA Championships? |
| -The Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program Turns 20! |
| -Golf Courses are Beginning to Get the Message |
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| July 1, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 26 |
| -The Fescue of Your Dreams: If You Want It Wispy...It Must Be Crispy |
| -When the Rules of Golf Collide with Golf Course Maintenance |
| -Are Ultradwarf Bermudagrass Cultivars Mutating?: Do the Industry Rumors that Ultradwarf Cultivars Mutate Mean that Your Putting Greens Will Mutate? |
| -Survey of Bermudagrass Greens Contamination Problems |
| -Best Management Practices for Salt-Affected Golf Courses: Why and How? |
| -Thunderstorms Likely, Chance of Rain 50% (at Least in Florida) |
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| July 8, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 27 |
| -Student Internships: Moving Beyond the "As Seen on TV" Mentality: How We can Improve Internship Programs and Why the Industry Benefits |
| -Fore the Golfer: "The Hardest Greens to Read that I have Ever Putted in My Entire Life" - Mike Davis, USGA Executive Director |
| -2011 U.S. Women's Open Championship: Behind-the-Scenes at the Broadmoor |
| -Survey Results from Last Week's Question, "Are Your Bermudagrass Greens Mutating?" |
| -And Now for Something Completely Different |
| -The Colorado Golf Carbon Project |
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| July 15, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 28 |
| -Selecting an Aerator to Enhance Water Circulation: The Proper Type of Water Aerator can Improve Circulation and Help Lake Quality, but It is Far from a Cure-All for Ugly Water Features! |
| -Fore the Golfer: Practice Like a Pro |
| -64th U.S. Junior Amateur Championship: Gold Mountain Golf Club, Bremerton, WA: July 18-23 |
| -63rd U.S. Girls' Junior Amateur Championship: Olympia Fields Country Club, Olympia Fields, IL: July 18-23 |
| -Meet 20 Audubon Stewards: A Network of Partners for Education and Outreach |
| -Probing for Healthier Turf |
| -The Summer Rolls On |
| -Is Variety Really the Spice of Life? |
| -The Magic of Rain |
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| July 22, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 29 |
| -The Hidden Value of Hosting a USGA Competition: There's a Lot More Than Meets the Eye |
| -Pictures that Send Valuable Messages This Summer |
| --What a Difference a Breeze Makes |
| --Don't Give Up on Turf that is Severely Stressed from Heat and Drought |
| --Now is the Time to Get Airborne |
| -Don't Forget to Brush |
| -Wakeup Call |
| -Long Summer Days Equate to Intense Irrigation Management |
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| July 29, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 30 |
| -Searching for the Right Stuff: Tolerating Hot and Dry: Rutgers University Scientists Examine Genetic Clues to Improve Heat and Drought Tolerance of Creeping Bentgrass Cultivars |
| -Hot Tips for This Summer |
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| August 5, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 31 |
| -You Will Never See This on Television. Unfortunately, You Might During Your Next Round |
| -Some Greenkeeping Lessons Taught in 1935: This Article could have been Written for the Summer of 2011 |
| -Using Turf Fans in the Northeast: Limited Air Movement isn't Just a Southeast or Transition Zone Problem |
| -USGA Continues to Support Vital Turfgrass Research: Deciding Where the Funding Goes is a Tough but Important Job |
| -Concerned About Ramifications of Severe Drought?: This Green Section Webcast should be on Your Schedule! |
| -Is the Worst Over? |
| -Growing and Mowing Like Mad |
| -Out of the Oven and into the Fire |
| -Less Mowing and More Rolling Benefit Poa annua Greens |
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| August 12, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 32 |
| -New Frontiers at the Atlanta Athletic Club: A "Turf Geeks" Viewing Guide to the 96th PGA Championship |
| -USGA Green Section Webcast: The Drought of 2011 - Current and Future Ramifications |
| -The Greening of Broken Sound Club: A Green Waste Composting Operation is Just One of Many Steps Being Taken in Pursuit of Sustainability |
| -These Guy[s] are Good |
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| August 19, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 33 |
| -The Drought of 2011 Continues: Green Section Mid-Continent Director Bud White Provides Important Insight When Dealing with the One of the Most Difficult Years on Record |
| -Fescue and the 111th U.S. Amateur, Erin Hills, Erin, Wisconsin, August 22-28, 2011: Fescue will be the Subject of a Lot of Talk Next Week - Here's How You can Brush Up on Your "Fescue Facts" |
| -All Things Considered: Trust but Verify: Don't Just Assume - Test Putting Green Drainage Characteristics |
| -Hot Cocoa in July |
| -And You Thought 2010 was a Tough Year |
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| August 26, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 34 |
| -The Things I Wish My Green Committee Understood...: A Superintendents' Perspective for a Successful Green Committee |
| -How do We Know What We Know?: For Decades the Turfgrass Information File has been the Turf Industry's Archive of the Constant Flow of Turfgrass Information |
| -Wrapping Things Up for the Summer |
| -Overseeding Survey |
| -Hot and Humid in Colorado |
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| September 2, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 35 |
| -Visual Improvement Program: Photos Help Communicate and Evaluate Grounds Department Activities and have Proven Successful in Increasing Staff Performance and Membership Satisfaction |
| -Researching Golf's Footprint: Studies at UC Riverside Investigate Different Turfgrasses Used on Golf Courses and Their Ability to Sequester Carbon |
| -Northeast News Update |
| -Weather in the Eastern Transition Zone |
| -And in Texas - The Drought Continues |
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| September 9, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 36 |
| -Common Sense Cart Paths: Between the Rains in the East and the Drought in the South, Cart Paths have never been More Important to Courses. Now is the Time to Plan for Improving Your Path System |
| -On Course with Nature: Cooperative Wildflowers at Lakeside Country Club |
| -All Things Considered: Getting Back in Balance |
| -One Plus One Equals Three |
| -Take Some Time to Reevaluate the Golf Course Maintenance Programs |
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| September 16, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 37 |
| -What are the Responsibilities of the Green Committee Member?: This Question was Asked of the Green Section in 1929. Take a Look at How It was Answered |
| -Turf Twisters: Questions Sent to the Green Section |
| --[Timing of Greens Aeration] |
| --[New Bentgrass Varieties with Greater Flood Survival] |
| --[Length of Time Cart Traffic Restricted After Winter Overseeding] |
| -Is Anyone on the Hoses? |
| -Now is the Time to Prevent Winter Annual Weeds |
| -Maui Wowie! |
| -Rhizoctonia zeae Makes an Appearance |
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| September 23, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 38 |
| -A Giant Leap Forward: How Soil Moisture Meters are Changing the Game of Putting Green Irrigation |
| -The Drought might have You Down but You Better Not be Out: The Most Critical Time is Here - Are You Ready? |
| -Necessary Weed Control Measures This Fall |
| -Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock |
| -USGA Holiday Cards: Share Your Love of the Game |
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| September 30, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 39 |
| -Better Turf for a Better Game: Improve the Soil to Make Better Conditions |
| -A New Look at a Costly Problem: Research on Fungicide Resistance in Dollar Spot |
| -2012 USGA Green Section Summer Internship Program |
| -Highlight from UC Riverside Field Day |
| -Still Recovering from a Tough Summer |
| -Spike It |
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| October 7, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 40 |
| -On Course with Nature: Tell Your Stories with Pictures: Photographic Displays with the Environment |
| -It is Closing in on Budget Time: Think the Economy is Tough Now - Check Out How Courses had to Improvise in the Past |
| -The Impact of Drought on Golf Course Trees: It is Not too Late to Help One of Your Course's Most Valuable Assets |
| -A Change in the Weather |
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| October 21, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 41 |
| -Controlling Earthworm Casts on Golf Courses: A Natural By-Product Shows Promise |
| -The Impact of Drought on Golf Course Trees: It's Not too Late to Help One of Your Course's Most Valuable Assets |
| -We Need Your Input to Improve the Record: Please Complete a Brief Survey |
| -Rain and Good Management can Work Wonders!: Before and After |
| -Recurring Nuisance Fairy Rings |
| -Top 5 Practices to Avoid During Overseed Preparations |
| -The Poor Man's Winter Cover |
| -It's that Time of Year - Recovery and Rejuvenation is a Priority! |
| -It's Time to Rise to the Occasion! |
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| November 4, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 42 |
| -Defining a Cutting-Edge Superintendent: The Top 10 Characteristics of Today's Cutting-Edge Golf Course Superintendents |
| -Is This the World's Best Guarded Green?: New Meaning to the Term "Hazard" |
| -Winter Overseeding Establishment Time |
| -The Frost is on the Pumpkin |
| -There is No "I" in Team |
| -Answer to the Photo Quiz Above |
| -USGA Holiday Cards: Share Your Love of the Game |
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| November 18, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 43 |
| -A 'Zero-Waste Golf Course - Is It Possible?: Dairy Creek Golf Club Shows the Way |
| -Have Your Fairways Ever Looked Like This?: Why does Freeze Damage Occur to Turfgrasses? |
| -Scientists in Golf: Some of the Most Skilled "Players" in Golf are Found in the Laboratory |
| -Dealing with Cart Traffic |
| -Winter Preparations |
| -Got Drainage? |
| -Asking the Right Questions |
| -Mid-Continent Fall News |
| -The Value of Education |
| -Cart Traffic on Overseeded Fairways and Rough |
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| December 2, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 44 |
| -James T. Snow, Green Section National Director to Retire: 35 Years of Service to the USGA and the Game of Golf |
| -All Things Considered: Not Perfect, but Different Shades of Green |
| -Stressed Out! |
| -Mowing and Leaf Cleanup, Despite the Wet |
| -Cool Season Turf Outcompetes Underlying Bermudagrass for Water |
| -Turf Twisters |
| --Are Green Covers Worth the Investment? |
| --Does Sand Decrease Green Speed? |
| --Why are Our Approaches to Our Greens Soft? |
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| December 16, 2011, Vol. 49, No. 45 |
| -Purple Gold: A Contemporary View of Recycled Water Irrigation |
| -2012 USGA Green Section Award: Dr. Wayne Hanna, Turfgrass Scientist and Breeder |
| -Football Penalties as They Relate to Golf Course Maintenance |
| -Why can't We have Firm and Dry Conditions Throughout the Winter in Florida? |
| -December Dilemma |
| -Preparing for Winter is Well Underway |
| -Frost, Temporary Greens, Budgets, and Balance |
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