Practical Golf Course Maintenance - Gordon Witteveen, Michael Bavier

Practical Golf Course Maintenance

The Magic of Greenkeeping
Buch | Hardcover
256 Seiten
2004 | 2nd Revised edition
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-47582-8 (ISBN)
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Practical Golf Course Maintenance, Second Edition is a revision of the bestselling golf course maintenance book that offers uniquely practical, applied, non-technical advice for maintaining and operating a golf course.
This newly revised edition of the original best seller has hundreds of helpful tips that you can use every day! Practical information, presented in a step-by-step format, includes critical, up-to-date advice on maintaining consistent bunkers, sand topdressing and aerifying, using pesticides and fertilizers safely and effectively, irrigation principles and techniques, mowing techniques for greens, fairways, and tees, and much more. The authors have given seminars all over the world, and now they are passing on their considerable expertise to you, including the latest on the use of emerging technologies.

GORDON WITTEVEEN started the Canadian Golf Superintendents Association in 1965 and served as its first secretary. A past recipient of Golf Course Management magazine's Leo Feser Award, he started The Green Masters magazine and served as its editor for five years, and continues to write regularly for several magazines. MICHAEL BAVIER has been superintendent at the Inverness Golf Club in Palatine, Illinois, for the past thirty-five years. During his career, he served as president of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. He is a frequent speaker on the Turf Conference Tour, both in North America and overseas, often presenting with Gordon Witteveen "The Magic of Greenkeeping" seminar to wide-ranging audiences.

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Cutting Greens. 2. Cutting Tees. 3. Fairways. 4. The Rough. 5. Sand Bunkers and Their Maintenance. 6. Water. 7. Fertilizer. 8. Topdressing. 9. Aerating, Spiking and Verticutting 10. Spraying. 11. Flagsticks and Tee Markers. 12. Drainage. 13. Seeding, Sodding and Sprigging 14. Golfer Traffic and Paths. 15. Rules of Golf that Affect Maintenance 16. Trees 17. Landscaping 18. Managing People. 19. Budgeting for Tools and Machinery 20. The Turf Care Center. 21. Greenkeeping Common Sense 22. Job Descriptions Index. About the Authors.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 20.12.2004
Zusatzinfo Illustrations
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 183 x 254 mm
Gewicht 684 g
Themenwelt Technik Architektur
ISBN-10 0-471-47582-3 / 0471475823
ISBN-13 978-0-471-47582-8 / 9780471475828
Zustand Neuware
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