| |
| Web URL(s): | https://gsr.lib.msu.edu/1970s/1973/730501.pdf
Last checked: 07/28/2008
Requires: PDF Reader |
|---|
| Publication Type:
| Professional |
|---|
| Corporate Author(s): | The Green Section Staff |
|---|
| Title: | Refining the green section specifications for putting green construction |
|---|
| Source: | USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 11, No. 3, May 1973, p. 1-8. |
|---|
| Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
|---|
| # of Pages: | 8 |
|---|
| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf green construction; USGA recommendations; Golf industry trends
USGA Green Section Keywords: Research Reports and Surveys; Soils and Their Related Problems
|
|---|
| Abstract/Contents: | Provides a detailed discussion on the United States Golf Association (USGA) Green Section specifications for putting green construction, focusing on research conducted after the release of the "Specifications for A Method of Putting Green Construction" in 1960. Details subgrade, drainage, gravel and sand base, "ringing" the green, soil mixture, "soil covering, placement, smoothing, and firming", sterilization of soil, and establishment of turf. Concludes on various "opportunities for error." |
|---|
| Language: | English |
|---|
| References: | 0 |
|---|
| See Also: | See also 1960 edition, "Specifications for a Method of Putting Green Construction", USGA Journal and Turf Management, 13(5) September 1960, p. 24-28, R=18443. R=18443
See also 1980 edition, Refining the Green Section Specifications for Putting Green Construction, R=122762. R=122762
See also 1989 edition, Specifications for a Method of Putting Green Construction, R=14838. R=14838
See also 1989 video, Building a USGA Putting Green, R=14837. R=14837
See also 1993 edition, "USGA Recommendations for a Method of Putting Green Construction", USGA Green Section Record, 31(2) March/April 1993, p. 1-3, R=26681. R=26681
See also 2004 edition, USGA Recommendations for a Method of Putting Green Construction, R=94463. R=94463
See also 2018 edition, USGA Recommendations for a Method of Putting Green Construction, R=295101. R=295101
See also related article "Revising the USGA's recommendations for a method of putting green construction: A true team effort" USGA Green Section Record, 42(3) May/June 2004, p. 26-28, R=95040. R=95040
See also related article "Building a better green: USGA's changes to 'Recommendations for a Method of Putting Green Construction' make agronomic, economic sense" Golfdom, 61(8) August 2005, p. 86, 88, 90, R=106837. R=106837 |
|---|
| Note: | Reprint appears in 22nd Annual Rocky Mountain Regional Turfgrass Conference, 1976, p. 81-88
Pictures, b/w
Figures
Tables |
|---|
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
The Green Section Staff. 1973. Refining the green section specifications for putting green construction. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 11(3):p. 1-8. |
| Fastlink to access this record outside TGIF: https://tic.msu.edu/tgif/flink?recno=17586 |
| If there are problems with this record, send us feedback about record 17586. |
| Choices for finding the above item: |
|---|
| Web URL(s):
https://gsr.lib.msu.edu/1970s/1973/730501.pdf
Last checked: 07/28/2008
Requires: PDF Reader |
| 
MSU catalog number: SB 433.15 .U84 |
| Find from within TIC:
Physical sequential file in TIC. |
| Request through your local library's inter-library loan service (bring or send a copy of this TGIF record) |
