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  • Golf Course Quality Standards and Objectives Huntingdon Valley (Pa.) Country Club

    Revised April 20, 2005 Golf Course Superintendent: Scott Anderson Asst. Golf Course Superintendent: Gabe Wochley, Lindsey Baker Greens Committee Members: Michael Dougherty, Green Chairmen, Harry Lonsdale III, Nancy Michener, Dan Kelley, John Luviano Jr., Robert O'Connor, Dr. John Carabello, and Doug Gregor Mission: To prepare and preserve the golf course as Huntingdon Valley Country Club's major asset and as its [...]

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  • Is the Grass Always Greener?

    Is the Grass Always Greener?

    Summing It Up •New varieties of genetically modified grasses may revolutionize turf maintenance. •The cost of switching to a salt-tolerant grass may be preferable to installing a new irrigation system or desalination plant. • Switching to a cool-season turfgrass may require some sacrifice of tee times. Desperate times do indeed call for desperate measures. After years of stubborn drought, developers [...]

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  • Just Add Water…

    Just Add Water…

    Course & Grounds Case Study: THE CLUB AT OLDE STONE, Alvaton, Ky. Pairing the need to keep a golf course in top-flight condition with a commitment to environmentally sound practices need not be a prickly proposition.   Wyatt Warfel, Golf Course Superintendent, The Club at Olde Stone In fact, when the design team members of The Club at Olde Stone in Alvaton, Ky., took [...]

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  • Earthly Treasures

    Earthly Treasures

    STAT BOX 5 kilometers the distance beyond a test area that a planting of genetically modified creeping bentgrass grew into the Oregon wilderness this summer, prompting a Department of Agriculture audit to determine potential threats to wildlife In a year that saw construction begin on the world’s first completely synthetic 18-hole golf course (in a drought-ravaged corner of Australia), major [...]

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  • Forming Good Habitats

    Forming Good Habitats

    Summing It Up • Education and certification programs offer guidelines for standard environmental management practices. • Conservation efforts can start at the construction phase of a course. • Naturalizing out-of-play areas creates wildlife habitats and reduces water and chemical use. • Responsible environmental management tactics can save time and money. Performance Track Only one golf course in the country—Colonial Acres [...]

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  • Course Consulates

    Course Consulates

    Summing It Up Making the extra effort to help foreign workers feel comfortable in their jobs can pay off in many ways. The language barrier should be attacked from both ends—full-time staff should learn Spanish at the same time that part-time workers are helped with English. Teaching course workers to golf can improve job satisfaction and performance. Properties are not [...]

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  • A Lot More Than Turfgrass

    A Lot More Than Turfgrass

    GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT RESPONSIBILITIES & SKILLS REQUIRED Today's golf course superintendent must possess a certain amount of knowledge and expertise in the following subject areas: Accounting Agronomy Aquatic plant management Arboriculture Basic contract law Budgeting Business management Community relations Computers Drainage Electrical Engineering Entomology Equipment repair Environmental compliance Facility maintenance Financial Genetics Golf course operation Golf course renovation Golf course [...]

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  • Managing Seasonal Workers: It’s Now A Year-Round Job

    Managing Seasonal Workers: It’s Now A Year-Round Job

    Summing It Up • Mixed signals are being sent about future U.S. immigration policies for temporary-visa workers from Mexico, a primary source of seasonal help. • Many club managers are now looking for new ways to find temporary help from other parts of the world. They are also renewing their efforts to attract more help from domestic demographic segments, such [...]

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