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• Beyond Pesticides' Daily News Blog: Golf: News feed on latest golf stories.
• North Tampa residents win battle to stop chemical use at golf course: St. Petersburg Times, July 18, 2009.
• Driven by cost and conscience, Oregon's golf courses are going green: The Oregonian, July 17, 2009.
• Golf Courses Tout Their Environmental Credentials: Can a golf course be truly green? Austin American-Statesman, December 5, 2008.
• Is Golf Causing Diabetes? Pesticides Commonly Used on Golf Courses Linked to Disease. Daily Green, June 2008.
• How Green is Golf? Golf Digest, May 2008.
• Golf Course South of Lawrence Goes Green: Lawrence Journal, October 1, 2008.
• Entomologists Design Environmentally-Friendly Lawns, Golf Courses: Science Daily, October 1, 2005.
• Reducing Pesticide Use is Par for This Course: GreenBiz, June 6, 2002.
• Golf Course Scores in Pesticide-Free Era: South Bend Tribune, July 13, 1997.

Statistics

• Annual Analysis of Pesticide Use: East Bay Regional Park District, 2002.
• Estimated Pesticide Use on Golf Courses in Hawaii: University of Hawaii, 1999.
• Golf Course Pesticide Use and Monitoring: Alberta Environmental Protection, 1998.
• Golf Course Pesticide Use in New Jersey - 1996 Survey: NJ Department of Environmental Protection, 1996.
• Arizona Golf Course Pesticide Use Survey: Arizona Cooperative Extension, May 1996.

Factsheets and studies

• Health Effects of 30 Commonly Used Lawn & Golf Course Pesticides Beyond Pesticides factsheet.
• Environmental Effects of 30 Commonly Used Lawn & Golf Course Pesticides Beyond Pesticides factsheet.
• Detailed information on common golf course pesticides: 2,4-D, bensulide, chlorothalonil, DCPA, dicamba, maneb, mecoprop, thiram, trichlorfon, ziram.
• 8 Steps to a Toxic-Free Lawn (solutions for all turf management). Beyond Pesticides factsheet.
  Pesticides on Golf Courses: Mixing Toxins with Play? Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides.
• Carcinogenic and Genotoxic Potential of Turf Pesticides Commonly Used on Golf Courses. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, July 2004.
• Proportionate mortality study of golf course superintendents. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, December 1998.

Other

• Beyond Pesticides Lawns and Landscapes webpage: Hazards and alternatives. Beyond Pesticides.
• Environmental Principles for Golf and the Environment. Beyond Pesticides and Center for Resource Management.
• United States Golf Association's PESP Strategy: EPA.
• Golf Course Superintendents Association of America's PESP Strategy: EPA.
• Toxic Fairways: Risking Groundwater Contamination From Pesticides on Long Island Golf Courses: Attorney General of New York.
• Kabi Golf Course (Australia): Organic golf course & orchard.
• The Neighborhood Network Organic Golf Project: Long Island, NY.
• Organic Insect Management at The Vineyard Golf Club: Martha's Vineyard, MA.
• Wildacres Organic Golf Course Management Plan: NY Department of Envrionmental Conservation.