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| Web URL(s): | https://gsr.lib.msu.edu/article/o'brien-time-2-18-11.pdf
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | O'Brien, Patrick;
Hartwiger, Christopher |
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| Author Affiliation: | Southeast Region, USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | A time to change: The ultradwarf bermudagrass putting green golf model is solid in the southern USA |
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| Source: | USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 49, No. 8, February 25 2011, p. 1-5. |
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| Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 5 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Agrostis stolonifera; Business management; Choice of species; Conversion; Dwarf bermudagrasses; Facility profile; Golf course budgets; Golf greens; Turf maintenance
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| Facility Names: | The Oaks Course, in Covington, Georgia; Atlanta Athletic Club, in Johns Creek, Georgia |
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses a business model developed in the southeastern United States "that is improving the golf experience and reducing costs. The new model involves the replacement of creeping bentgrass putting greens with an ultradwarf bermudagrass variety." Highlights several factors that might have accelerated the model's development, including "oversupply of golf courses," "[a] difficult economy," "player expectations," "improved genetics," and "conversion method." Details the extent to which each factor contributed to the change. Explains the financial ramifications involved with converting from bentgrass to ultradwarf, listing the results of a survey conducted to determine how much money has been saved by superintendents who have undergone it. Reports that "96% [percent] said overall labor costs are lower on ultradwarfs compared to bentgrass greens." Provides "case studies" of two golf courses that have been converted: The Oaks Course in Covington, Georgia, and The Highlands Course at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia. Details maintenance methods practiced at each course. Suggests that "planting an ultradwarf is a good first step, but the key to success is proper management." Speculates that "ultimately, it will not be an agronomist or the USGA [United States Golf Association] that determines whether this new business model is here to stay," concluding that "the golfers and the decision on where, when, and how often they play will be the last word." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | Other items relating to: Bermudagrasses - Ultradwarf Cultivars |
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| Note: | Pictures, color |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
O'Brien, P., and C. Hartwiger. 2011. A time to change: The ultradwarf bermudagrass putting green golf model is solid in the southern USA. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 49(8):p. 1-5. |
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