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| Publication Type:
| Professional |
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| Author(s): | Boswell, William F. |
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| Author Affiliation: | ASGCS, Boswell Course Design, Inc. |
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| Title: | Golf course architects and superintendents |
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| Source: | Through The Green. July/August 2002, p. 15-16, 32, 34. |
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| Publishing Information: | Watkinsville, GA: Georgia Golf Course Superintendents Association |
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| # of Pages: | 4 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf courses; Membership relations; Golf course superintendents; Golf course architects; Golf course design; Golfer expectations; Playability; Golf green speed; Bunkers; Landscaping; Golf course renovation; Restoration
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the importance of communication between golf course architects and golf course superintendents. Describes how the superintendent may be caught between golfer demands and the design of the course. Details the different opinions on green speeds and bunker design of architects, superintendents and golfers. Describes the golfer and superintendent resistancy to "unique holes." Discusses the issues of renovations and restorations focusing on the need for proper communication between architects and superintendents. Describes the need to redesign or reconstruct a bad hole. |
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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: | Reprint appears in TurfNet Monthly, 9(10) October 2002, p. 1-3, 13, with variant title "The golf course architect and the superintendent...: Seeing eye-to-eye" |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Boswell, W. F. 2002. Golf course architects and superintendents. Through The Green. p. 15-16, 32, 34. |
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