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| Publication Type:
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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| Title: | Fairway irrigation |
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| Section: | Enquiries and replies
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 69, 1993, p. 134-135. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, West Yorkshire, UK: The Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Question: | "The break in drought conditions through this summer has restored a grass cover quickly to our formerly parched heathland fairways. At the start of the year our Management Committee was seriously considering the introduction of an intensive automatic fairway watering system. In the light of what we have seen over recent months would it be sensible to proceed as planned?" |
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| Answer/Response: | "The tremendous damage done to the fairways through dry summers understandably prompted the idea of irrigation. However, there are a number of reasons why widespread automatic fairway irrigation would be unwise. The cost of introduction and running, together with the necessary provision of a far greater water storage facility than the current 12,000 gallon tank, are practical difficulties which you will possibly not overcome, beyond which we would argue strongly against the introduction of such a system if it meant reducing the efficiency of the water supply to greens and tees. The fine fescue and bent which dominate the fairways are naturally slow growers, exaggerated through dry years and thereby prone to thinning where traffic is concentrated. Although the fairways turned a brown-white colour at the height of the dry weather, green soon returned with this summers rain. Inherently the fairways are healthy and we would only consider irrigation necessary where traffic movement has decimated cover. This generally relates to run-ups to the greens and a few landing areas on fairways. Fortunately, contouring on the fairways at these points is minimal and the siting of automatic irrigation heads will give effective water cover. The same principle of minimal watering must apply to run-ups as it does to greens and the provision of irrigation will increase the routine workload, e.g. such areas must be aerated frequently to ensure water penetration, but will significantly reduce the cost and time currently taken up on renovation." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Drought management; Dry conditions; Golf fairway maintenance; Irrigation practices; Irrigation rates; Recommendations
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Sports Turf Research Institute. 1993. Fairway irrigation. J. Turfgrass Sports Surf. Sci. 69:p. 134-135. |
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