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| Web URL(s): | https://gsr.lib.msu.edu/article/bevard-stimpmeter-10-29-10.pdf
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Notes: Variant date November 9, 2010 |
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| Author(s): | Bevard, Darin |
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| Author Affiliation: | Senior Agronomist, Mid-Atlantic Region |
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| Title: | The Stimpmeter: Friend or foe?: The love/hate relationship between golf course superintendents and the Stimpmeter continues, but could this tool actually be your best friend? |
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| Source: | USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 48, No. 21, October 29 2010, p. 1-3. |
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| Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 3 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf green speed; Golfer expectations; Grooming; Manual irrigation; Mowing height; Stimpmeter
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the potential advantages and disadvantages of using the Stimpmeter, a golf green speed tool first invented by Edward Stimpson in the 1930s and subsequently developed by the United States Golf Association (USGA) in the mid-1970s. Suggests that "the modern Stimpmeter frequently is used to see who can produce the fastest greens, and these speeds are now a point of comparison (and often envy) from golf course to golf course." Notes that many superintendents consequently refuse to use the Stimpmeter, stating that the author "once saw a Stimpmeter planted in a five-gallon bucket of concrete." Mentions that many golfers do not understand Stimpmeter speeds, but nonetheless reference them frequently. Explains that "the Stimpmeter value is the average distance the ball rolls when released from the fixed point on the tool." Details the physical method and the mathematics involved with using the tool. Recommends that using the Stimpmeter - as opposed to shunning it - might assuage superintendents' fears regarding managing greens toward a number instead of "in the interest of healthy turfgrass." Encourages "knowing the speed of greens," stating that it "helps to remove emotion from the equation when evaluating the condition of the greens and ultimately the performance of the golf course superintendent." Attributes disparity between weekend and weekday play to "the practice of ramping up green speed for the weekend through aggressive grooming and maintenance and then backing off during the week." Concludes that "using the Stimpmeter to measure green speed provides an opportunity to educate golfers about what is being achieved on the greens on a daily basis." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Reprint appears in Florida Turf Digest, 27(6) November/December 2010, p. 12-14, 16
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Bevard, D. 2010. The Stimpmeter: Friend or foe?: The love/hate relationship between golf course superintendents and the Stimpmeter continues, but could this tool actually be your best friend?. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 48(21):p. 1-3. |
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