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| Web URL(s): | https://web.archive.org/web/20160301094325/http://golfandsportsturf.com.au/article.asp?ArticleID=201
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| Author(s): | Anonymous |
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| Title: | Torquay Sands - the art of constructing a golf course |
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| Source: | Golf & Sports Turf Australia. Vol. 10, No. 4, August/September 2002, p. 15-18. |
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| Publishing Information: | Mount Waverly, Australia: Glenvale Publications |
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| # of Pages: | 4 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf course construction; Residential golf courses; Golf course design; Soil types; Drainage; Golf course irrigation; Irrigation systems; Bunkers
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| Facility Names: | Torquay Sands, in Australia |
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| Business Name: | Traditional Golf Links Construction, in Australia |
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| Abstract/Contents: | Describes the construction of Torquay Sands, "a new golf course and residential development on the coast of Victoria just west of Melbourne." Explains the some of the problems faced by the construction crew, including heavy clay deposits, areas of unexpected sandstone, and saline contamination in the lakes and wetlands. Lists the different machines necessary to complete the project. Describes the irrigation and drainage system. Explains that the vegetation to be used in the golf course is developed from local varieties. States that, "in course constructions of this scale...`you never take anything for granted.'" |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Pictures, color |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Anonymous. 2002. Torquay Sands - the art of constructing a golf course. Golf Sports Turf Aust. 10(4):p. 15-18. |
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