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Author(s):Snow, James T.
Author Affiliation:National Director, USGA Green Section
Title:The turf advisory service: Part three: 50 years of service to golf
Article Series:Part three: 50 years of service to golf
Source:USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 41, No. 5, September/October 2003, p. 22-25.
Publishing Information:Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section
# of Pages:4
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Turf Advisory Service (USGA); History; Communications; USGA Green Section; Research funding; Golf green committee; Golf courses
Abstract/Contents:Describes the Turf Advisory Service (TAS) as "a staff of agronomists whose sole mission has been to provide practical information to golf course superintendents and course officials for the betterment of the game of golf." Explains that "the TurfLetter was the first Green Section publication derived from the TAS." It was published 3-6 times per year, until early 1963, when the USGA Green Section Record magazine was first published. "The introduction of the Record also marked the end of the USGA's Golf Journal and Turf Management magazine, which split into two publications - Golf Journal and the Green Section Record." Explains that aside from USGA publications, "Green Section field agronomists have written thousands of articles and updates for other turfgrass periodicals, conference proceedings, golf course superintendent chapter newsletters and magazines, and other turf and golf-related publications worldwide. In addition to these contributions, they have given many thousands of presentations about golf course management issues to audiences at local, state, national, and international turfgrass and superintendent meetings, and at golf and golf-related organization meetings and conferences at every level." States that on the Green Section's Web site, "a vast amount of practical information" is "at the fingertips of anyone searching for articles or reports dealing with nearly every aspect of turfgrass maintenance and golf course management." Describes communication via e-mail "has been a boon to Green Section agronomists, who now can survey their fellow staffers on any question and receive responses within a day or two, even when they are on the road." States that "the information [Green Section agronomists] glean from their TAS visits reaches well beyond the actual subscribing courses, and this is great for the game of golf!" Explains that the appointments of volunteers has made the Turf Advisory Service stronger. States that the Green Section's idea was "to take university research and combine it with field observation and experience to offer golf courses the best advice possible for their very real problems... This is an ideal arrangement for our TAS agronomists, who can take unbiased research from7 [from 7] universities and apply in in a real-world sense to the problems they see on golf courses." States that "you need both - research and field outreach. Research is not useful by itself unless the information is valid and applied properly, and field consultation is only as good as the science background, the experience, and the good common sense of the consultant." Concludes that "by many measures, the Green Section's mission to help golf courses produce better turf for better golf has been a great success!"
Language:English
References:0
See Also:See also part one, USGA Green Section Record, 41(3) May/June 2003, p. 4-9, R=87088 R=87088

See also part two, USGA Green Section Record, 41(4) July/August 2003, p. 37-40, R=89531 R=89531
Note:Includes sidebar, "[Humor]", pg. 25
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ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Snow, J. T. 2003. The turf advisory service: Part three: 50 years of service to golf. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 41(5):p. 22-25.
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