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Information for golfers

GCSAA offers a bank of articles to help educate golfers about course safety and etiquette, common maintenance practices and general course issues. These articles are intended to provide useful and interesting information for the media and general public, as well as for members to post in common areas and include in facility newsletters and local golf publications.  

Please credit the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) in your publication or broadcast.

12 terms for golfers
Aerification: Sometimes it's good to vent
Bunkers
Bunker sand selection: a day at the beach
The bunker dilemma
Warning: Bunkers should be hazardous to your game
Don't tread lightning
GCSAA quickies: facts & quotes
Golf course management facts for tour events
Golf courses: our planet's environmental sanctuaries
Green speed: truth and consequences
Hole placement: It's all about location, location, location
Off season? What's that?
On course etiquette: It's everyone's responsibility
Overseeding: darned if you do and darned if you don't
Repairing ballmarks
Rules of the road: golf car safety and etiquette
To tree, or not to tree
Topdressing: smoothing out the rough spots in your game
Turfgrass terminology
Understanding frost delays
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