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| Web URL(s): | https://gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/?file=/2000s/2002/020124.pdf
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Mackay, Jean |
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| Author Affiliation: | Director, Educational Services for Audubon International |
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| Title: | Getting golfers in the swing of things: Educating golfers about realistic and environmentally sound golf course management practices |
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| Column Name: | On course with nature
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| Source: | USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 40, No. 1, January/February 2002, p. 24-25. |
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| Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golfers; Education; Public relations; Golf courses in the environment; Membership relations; Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses; Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program; Environmental stewardship; Golf courses; Golf tournaments; Golf courses in the community
USGA Green Section Keywords: Environmental Issues: Miscellaneous; Golf Course Management and Budgets: Maintenance Philosophy; Pest Control: Integrated, Alternative and Other
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| Abstract/Contents: | Addresses the problem of unrealistic expectations concerning golfers and playing conditons. Describes the importance of getting golfers to become more supportive regarding environmentally sound maintenance practices. Provides outreach and education strategies like becoming a member of the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program, inviting golfers to participate in programs, teaching proper golf ettiquite to junior golfers, using tournaments as showcases, creating a display, mounting signs, requesting help with nesting boxes and hosting projects for kids. Lists the benefits of reaching out: gaining recognition and support for your management efforts, increasing golfer understanding of wildlife and environmental quality on the golf course, counter negative stereotypes about golf courses as polluters of the environment, and communicate your commitment to good stewardship. Presents the "Environmental Code of Ethics for Golfers." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | Other items relating to: Golfer expectation management |
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| Note: | Includes sidebars, "The benefits of reaching out", p. 24 and "Environmental code of ethics for golfers", p. 25
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Mackay, J. 2002. Getting golfers in the swing of things: Educating golfers about realistic and environmentally sound golf course management practices. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 40(1):p. 24-25. |
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