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| Web URL(s): | http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/ngktc/article/1928oct16.pdf
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Power, Robert E. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Editor, The National Greenkeeper |
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| Title: | Bobby says 'twas perfect: How the Chicago Golf Course looked during the Walker Cup Matches |
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| Source: | The National Greenkeeper. Vol. 2, No. 10, October 1928, p. 16-22. |
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| Publishing Information: | Cleveland: National Association of Greenkeepers of America |
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| # of Pages: | 7 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf course superintendents; Golf courses; Tournament preparation; Course profile; Golf course design; Golf fairways; Golf greens; Playability; Brown patch; Golf green speed; Earthworm castings; Precipitation; Bunkers
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| Facility Names: | Chicago Golf Club, in Wheaton, Illinois |
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| Subjects' Names: | MacGregor, John |
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| Abstract/Contents: | Profiles the Chicago Golf Club, rebuilt by Charles Blair MacDonald in 1923. Describes its fairways, bunkers, and greens as well as the club's "spirit of fellowship and harmony that prevailed between the members, the greenkeeper and his assistants." Also profiles greenkeeper John MacGregor. States that "golf clubs spend about twenty-five thousand dollars a year on maintenance" and that the greenkeeper "is the most important employee of the golf club organization." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Includes sidebar, "A bit of history", p. 17
Pictures, b/w
Map -- "Grounds of Chicago Golf Club" |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Power, R. E. 1928. Bobby says 'twas perfect: How the Chicago Golf Course looked during the Walker Cup Matches. Natl. Greenkeeper. 2(10):p. 16-22. |
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