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| Content Type: | Turftwister Q & A; Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | Translate to |
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| Source: | USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 39, No. 5, September/October 2001, p. . |
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| Publishing Information: | Far Hills, New Jersey: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
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| Question: | "Last year our golf course installed a new irrigation system that cost nearly $1 million. After watching our superintendent this summer, I wonder if he knows how to use it. Some days our golf course was so dry I don't think he knew how to turn it on. Other times I saw him hand watering the greens. How can that possibly be necessary, and isn't it a ridiculous waste of time when he has a new system at his disposal?" |
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| Source of Question: | New Jersey |
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| Answer/Response: | "By the sound of it, your golf course superintendent is handling the situation correctly. The purpose of irrigating turf is to keep it alive, not make it green and lush. Dry, firm, and fast are considered the best playing conditions. Turf that is lush doesn't play as well and tends to be more prone to pest problems. With regard to the hand watering, even with perfectly built greens and a state-of-the-art irrigation system, some portions of greens dry out more quickly than others. Hand watering is a critical tool in handling those miscellaneous dry spots and still achieving top-notch playability on the putting greens." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Irrigation systems; Golfer perceptions; Golf course superintendents; Golf greens; Manual irrigation
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
USGA Green Section. 2001. Translate to. USGA Green Section Record. 39(5) |
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