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Web URL(s):https://web.archive.org/web/20120905234152/https://www.usga.org/course_care/articles/other/winter_play/Politics-Religion-and-Winter-Play-on-Greens/
    Last checked: 05/11/2015
https://gsr.lib.msu.edu/1980s/1987/871101.pdf
    Last checked: 10/2002
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https://dmgcc.blogspot.com/2011/12/winter-injury-to-turf.html<
    Last checked: 03/13/2012
    Notes: Des Moines Golf & Country Club: Greens & Grounds Department version
Publication Type:
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Professional
Material Type:Leaflet
Author(s):Snow, James T.
Author Affiliation:Director, Northeastern Region, United States Golf Association Green Section
Title:Politics, religion, and winter play on greens
Source:USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 25, No. 6, November/December 1987, p. 1-4.
Monographic Source:Politics, Religion, and Winter Play on Greens, 1987, p. 1-4.
Publishing Information:Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association. Green Section
# of Pages:4
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Winter play; Golf greens; Wear; Pros and cons
USGA Green Section Keywords: Winter Concerns; Traffic; Golf Greens: Golf Green Management
Abstract/Contents:Winter play on golf greens controversy is reviewed and the damage such as compaction, stress, wear, traffic damages, effects on playability, and increase of winterkill and disease. Alternative approaches such as temporary winter greens and restricted use of regular greens are also discussed.
Language:English
References:0
See Also:See also related article, Winter Concerns of a Golf Course Superintendent..., 2010, R=276283. R=276283

See also related article "Winter play on the golf course" Tennessee Turfgrass, October/November 2004, p. 18-20, R=307306. R=307306
See Also:Other items relating to: WINGO
Note:Reprint appears on the Des Moines Golf & Country Club: Greens & Grounds Department website, December 30, 2011, p. [1-3]
Partial reprint appears in North Carolina Turfgrass January/February 2004 p. 28-30 with variant title "Winter play on golf courses"
Partial reprint appears in Golf Journal, Vol. 52, No. 8, October 1999, p. 53, with variant title "Too hot to handle."
Reprint appears in Greenkeeper International, December 1991, p. 12-15, with variant title "Breaking the taboo"
Reprint appears in Green is Beautiful, Winter 1988/1989, p. 4-6
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ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Snow, J. T. 1987. Politics, religion, and winter play on greens. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 25(6):p. 1-4.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20120905234152/https://www.usga.org/course_care/articles/other/winter_play/Politics-Religion-and-Winter-Play-on-Greens/
    Last checked: 05/11/2015
https://gsr.lib.msu.edu/1980s/1987/871101.pdf
    Last checked: 10/2002
    Requires: PDF Reader
https://dmgcc.blogspot.com/2011/12/winter-injury-to-turf.html<
    Last checked: 03/13/2012
    Notes: Des Moines Golf & Country Club: Greens & Grounds Department version
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