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The USGA Green Section offers several helpful reminders to properly maintain your golf course, from choosing the proper specs for greens to dealing with bunkers, tees and roughs.

General
Buyer Beware
When in Doubt Spec It Out
Common Sense Cart Paths
Things to Do Before Contacting a Golf Course Architect

Greens

Tees
Dealing with Divots
Turf Management in a Battle Zone: Practice Ranges
Wee Tees
Home on the Range

Bunkers & Roughs
Help Your Bunkers Make The Grade
Selecting and Handling Sand
Checking Your Sand - Quality Control Begins at Home
Aquascaping
Using Native Plants in the Golf Course Landscape
Natural Areas - Establishing Natural Areas on the Golf Course
Wildflowers on Your Course

Managing Trees
The Fall Harvest
Developing a Tree Care Program
Sometimes Mother Nature Needs a Little Help
Using New Technology to Solve an Old Problem: Trees
Man's Friend or Golf's Enemy?

Irrigation
Sprinkler Uniformity Evaluation
The Art of Handwatering
For Good Golf and Good Turf - Use Less Water

Committees
The Word "GREEN" In Golf
Mr. Green Committee Chairman
Green Committees
Communicate! Communicate! Communicate!
The Green Committee Chairperson: Are You Up to the Challenge? 
A Guide for Green Committee Members




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