The USGA Green section Web site now offers a number of animation clips explaining maintenance techniques that commonly prompt questions from golfers to golf course superintendents.

Topics covered in the animations include:

* Repairing Ballmarks
* Why Bunkers Are Not Consistent
* Bunker Etiquette
* Why Aerate Greens?
* Etiquette Toward Maintenance Personnel
* Watering For Healthy Turf
* Selecting Hole Locations
* Changing A Hole Location
* Trees On The Golf Course
* Divot Repair Etiquette
* Use Of The Stimpmeter
* Golf Cart Etiquette
* Frost Issues
* Making A Great Putting Green Surface
* TV Golf Versus Daily Play
* Environmentally Sensitive Areas

To view the clips, visit http://www.usga.org/turf/articles/educational_video_clips.html.