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Web URL(s): | https://gsr.lib.msu.edu/article/gilhuly-dont-4-27-12.pdf Last checked: 04/23/2012 Requires: PDF Reader |
Publication Type:
| Professional |
Author(s): | Gilhuly, Larry |
Author Affiliation: | USGA Green Section |
Title: | Don't make your greens unapproachable!: The approaches in front of greens don't have to be as fast as the greens, but they should be firm enough to allow the "bump-and-run" option |
Source: | USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 50, No. 9, April 27 2012, p. 1-4. |
Publishing Information: | Far Hills, New Jersey: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
# of Pages: | 4 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Firmness; Golfer satisfaction; Improvement; Nitrogen level; Organic culture; Playability; Vertical mowing; Water distribution
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Abstract/Contents: | Addresses steps to achieve approaches at or near the same firmness as the greens, which includes the careful application of fertilizer and water, the dual practices of aeration and sand topdressing, and vertical mowing. States that "regardless of the type of grass, controlling organic matter production in front of the greens will significantly improve playing conditions." |
Language: | English |
References: | 4 |
See Also: | Updated version appears in Australian Turfgrass Management Journal, 18(3) May/June 2016, p. 32-34, R=272635. R=272635 |
Note: | Pictures, color Graphs |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Gilhuly, L. 2012. Don't make your greens unapproachable!: The approaches in front of greens don't have to be as fast as the greens, but they should be firm enough to allow the "bump-and-run" option. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 50(9):p. 1-4. |
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