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| Web URL(s): | https://gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/?file=/2000s/2004/040326.pdf
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| Publication Type:
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| Content Type: | Editorial |
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| Author(s): | Happ, Keith A. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Senior Agronomist, Mid-Atlantic Region, USGA Green Section, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Title: | Get Real!: When maintenance programs are altered by weather, turf quality expectations need to be adjusted as well |
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| Column Name: | All things considered
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| Source: | USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 42, No. 2, March/April 2004, p. 26-27. |
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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: Golfer expectations; Weather; Winter play; Spring maintenance; Aerification; Golf green speed; Mowing height
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| Abstract/Contents: | Addresses the problem that "when the weather changes, golfer expectations do not...During periods of bad weather, tolerance of disruption and course closure is low." Explains that "weather dictates what can be accomplished and, of course, what can be presented to the golfers." Answers the frequently heard golfer question, "What will it hurt?" by presenting a photograph of the damage caused to turf by "one person walking on an early morning, frost-covered surface." Discusses aeration, stating that "golfer protest against completing aeration on an alternate day can delay or eliminate the procedure altogether, potentially setting the stage for disaster later in the season...Delaying aeratioin by a week or a month, or omitting it until late in the fall so as not to inconvenience golf, costs more than you think!" Discusses golfer pressure to lower the height of cut and the potential damage of "mowing too low and at the wrong time." Suggests that "the mantra can be reversed. Ask golfers, 'What can it hurt...to allow a maintenance practice to be completed?' The turf manager has to be flexible and willing to adapt to the conditions presented. Golfers should participate in course maintenance by accepting some level of minor disruption when it is necessary to sustain the playing surfaces." |
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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: | Pictures, color |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Happ, K. A. 2004. Get Real!: When maintenance programs are altered by weather, turf quality expectations need to be adjusted as well. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 42(2):p. 26-27. |
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