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| Author(s): | Hall, E. J. G.;
Gibbs, R. J.;
Munro, P. R.;
Hannan, B. K.;
McAuliffe, K. W. |
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| Author Affiliation: | New Zealand Sports Turf Institute, Palmerston North, New Zealand |
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| Title: | Evaluation of golf footwear for New Zealand golf course conditions |
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| Section: | Turfgrass management
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| Meeting Info.: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada: July 2001 |
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| Source: | International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. Vol. 9, No. Part 2, 2001, p. 875-881. |
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| Publishing Information: | Oakville, Ontario, Canada: International Turfgrass Society |
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| # of Pages: | 7 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf shoes; Golf courses; Equipment for play; Golf greens; Traffic; Spikeless golf shoes; Footwear; Wear; Ball roll distance
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| Geographic Terms: | New Zealand |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "This paper summarises results of a field trial investigating the effect of contrasting golf footwear on putting green quality under a range of New Zealand golfing conditions. The project was initiated by the New Zealand Golf Association to help them determine a position statement regarding the use of alternative golf footwear (defined here as any non-metal golf spike) on New Zealand golf courses. The project involved field trials on golf greens at four golf clubs under different surface conditions using a range of footwear. Results showed that all footwear types tested had some impact on greens quality. The flat-soled (tennis) footwear tended to `iron' turf, causing faster and smoother ball roll under all conditions tested. The flat-sole footwear with 6-mm metal spikes was consistently associated with the most visual turf damage at all trial sites. However, there was no consistent pattern in the extent and type of damage caused by the various alternative spike or moulded-sole golf footwear trialed. Overall, with the exception of the flat-sole footwear with 6-mm metal spikes, the condition of putting surfaces had a greater influence on the type and extent of damage than the type of footwear. Objective traction tests also showed that metal spikes offered superior traction to alternative spikes, particularly under wet grass surface conditions. It is concluded that an alternative golf footwear policy will help limit damage to putting green quality for highly trafficked and highly maintained courses under fine weather conditions, relative to conventional metal spikes. However, it should be recognized that there are numerous low budget clubs in New Zealand for which an enforced ban on metal spikes cannot be justified. For such courses, maintenance limitations are likely to be the overriding influence on putting green quality as opposed to the type of footwear worn. Therefore it is when a club reaches a certain quality of maintenance of their putting greens and takes into account traffic levels and winter traction conditions that the issue of an alternative spike policy and selection process becomes important." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 12 |
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| See Also: | Other items relating to: SPIKES |
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| Note: | Tables |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Hall, E. J. G., R. J. Gibbs, P. R. Munro, B. K. Hannan, and K. W. McAuliffe. 2001. Evaluation of golf footwear for New Zealand golf course conditions. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 9(Part 2):p. 875-881. |
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