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Boardroom Yarn #36 - The Sports Turf Industry Weathering The Storm

The Sports Turf Industry Weathering The Storm

By Dave Doherty

The last five years have probably been the most difficult in the history of the sports turf industry. Recreational dollars have been at an all-time low and financing in many cases has been very difficult to come by. A recent article in the GCSAA Industry Spotlight indicates some of the difficulty:

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Boardroom Yarn #40 - Never Stop Learning

Learning and Investigation Is What We Need
By Dave Doherty

Why do we have underperforming turf on our golf courses? That’s a question that learning and investigation answers for us.

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Boardroom Yarn #39 - It Never Ends

During a conversation with a good friend of mine recently, he confirmed that the new Bermuda grass fairways sprigged last fall were coming along now that the weather had warmed up. Then the conversation turned to how the chemical side of the equation in conjunction with an aerifying and sand top dressing program was being achieved.

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Boardroom Yarn #41 - The Need to Understand Negative and Positive Gasses in Greens and other Sports Turf

The Need To Understand Negative And Positive Gasses In Greens and Other Sports Turf
By Dave Doherty

A recent trade magazine article about the need to vent golf greens stated that the drainage tile system under a green does not need to be vented at the surface.

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