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| Material Type: | Booklet |
| Monographic Author(s): | Thompson, Stanley |
| Monograph Title: | About Golf Courses, Their Construction and Upkeep, [193X]. |
| Publishing Information: | [Toronto, Canada]: Stanley Thompson & Co. Limited |
| # of Pages: | 32 |
| Collation: | 31, [i] pp. |
| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf; Golf courses; Golf course design; Golf course construction; Golf course architects; Turf maintenance; Golf fairway maintenance; Oligochaeta |
| Subjects' Names: | Thompson, Stanley |
| Abstract/Contents: | Includes: Introduction; History of Golf; General Thoughts on Golf Course Design; Construction (Greens; Top Dressing of Greens; Mowing, Rolling and Watering of Greens; Brief Notes on the Best Grasses; Blue Grass; Red Top; Red Fescue; German Mixed Bent; and Rhode Island Bent); and Care of Fairways (Brown Patches on Greens; Weeds (How to Control Them); and Worms (They are bothersome, but Their Ways are Interesting)). |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings: |
Golf courses -- Design and construction -- History -- 20th century; Golf course architects -- Canada -- Biography |
| Language: | English |
| References: | 0 |
| See Also: | See also 2003 facsimile edition, R=141348.R=141348 |
| Note: | Pictures, b/w |
| Annotation from Turfgrass History and Literature: Lawns, Sports, and Golf, by James B Beard, Harriet J. Beard and James C Beard: | "A very rare, small early booklet concerning the design, construction, and planting of golf courses under Canadian conditions plus the culture of putting greens and fairways. Printed as a facsimile by the Stanley Thompson Society of Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, in 2003." p. 345 |
| Beard Section Heading: | Bibliography of books/monographs on turfgrass culture |
| Beard Rarity Statement: | Very rare |
| Annotation from Golf Course Design, by Geoffrey S. Cornish and Michael J. Hurdzan: |
"Published in the 1930s, this booklet disappeared until a copy was found by one of his protégés, Geoff Cornish. Authored by Thompson, a course architect of vision 'who reached for the stars' and created masterpieces such as Capilano in Vancouver, Banff and Jasper in the Canadian Rockies, St Georges near Toronto and Highland Links on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia." p. 102 |
| Cornish & Hurdzan <a href="/cornishhurdzanratings">Ratings</a>: | D4; C2; M3; H2 |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-like – may be incomplete): | Thompson, Stanley. [193X]. About Golf Courses, Their Construction and Upkeep. 31, [i] pp. [Toronto, Canada]: Stanley Thompson & Co. Limited. |
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| WorldCat entry: | Accession number: 628930171 |
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