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| DOI: | 10.1094/ATS-2010-0216-01-RS |
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| Author(s): | Dest, William M.;
Guillard, Karl;
Rackliffe, Steven L.;
Chen, Ming-Hui;
Wang, Xia |
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| Author Affiliation: | Dest: Associate Extension Professor Emeritus; Guillard: Professor; Rackliffe: Extension Instructor, Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; Chen: Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; Wang: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Statistical Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC |
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| Title: | Putting green speeds: A reality check! |
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| Section: | Applied turfgrass research
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| Source: | Applied Turfgrass Science. Vol. 7, No. 1, December 2010, p. [1-9]. |
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| Publishing Information: | St. Paul, Minnesota: Plant Management Network |
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| # of Pages: | 9 |
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| Related Web URL: | https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/ats/abstracts/7/1/2010-0216-01-RS
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Ball roll distance; Golf green speed; Golf greens; Golfer perceptions; Playability; Questionnaire surveys
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Twenty-nine golf courses in Connecticut participated in a study where 448 golfers were asked in a questionnaire to rank the speed of selected greens into one of five categories from slow to fast. These rankings were paired to the same USGA speed chart categories for regular play based on measured Stimpmeter ball-roll distances. Overall, there was no significant (P = 0.72) relationship between golfer rankings of green speed and USGA speed categories. Low-handicap golfers were able to detect increasing trends in green speeds only slightly better than higher-handicap golfers or golfers with no handicap. Overall, the majority of golfers (74%) ranked green speed into slower categories than those determined by the Stimpmeter. However, golfer rankings correctly matched USGA categories in 41.4 to 48.8% of cases when measured speeds were classified as medium to medium-fast, respectively. Regardless of ball-roll distance, 87.5% of respondents rated the putting green speed as satisfactory. The data suggest that use of the Stimpmeter for delineating greens into arbitrary speed categories may be obsolete. Instead, it should be used as a tool to determine "ideal" green speeds at individual golf courses based on golfer preferences, and to ensure relatively uniform green speeds throughout the course." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 10 |
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| Note: | "Published 16 February 2010."
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Dest, W. M., K. Guillard, S. L. Rackliffe, M.-H. Chen, and X. Wang. 2010. Putting green speeds: A reality check!. Appl. Turfgrass Sci. 7(1):p. [1-9]. |
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