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November 2008
 


 

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If anyone should know that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side of the fence, it’s a golf course superintendent. But every year, a handful of outstanding course managers bid farewell to the industry, tackling new challenges ranging from home construction to business management.

In this month’s GCM, senior staff writer Terry Ostmeyer shares the stories of a few of these former superintendents — including one who eventually returned to golf course maintenance.

This month’s cover photo by Don McKenzie (www.mckenziephotography.com) features former superintendents Brian Clodfelter and Lee Pittman in front of a construction project overseen by their new company, Rhetson Companies in Aberdeen, N.C.

 


 

Career curves

The sky is the limit

Go green, or else

Invasion plan

Law and order

Inside your career

Inside your shop

Inside your environment

Inside your game

Inside your turf

Inside your water

 



Vertical mowing and mowing height affect anthracnose basal rot

A naturally derived, soluble fertilizer for golf courses 

The importance of early and accurate diagnosis of Rhizoctonia diseases

Minimum fungicide rates for species-specific snow mold control

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