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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"golf course"”.
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Evaluation of fine fescues as alternative golf course fairway turfgrasses
In the cool-season region of the United States, golf courses traditionally grow high-input grasses like creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera, L.), Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis, L.), annual bluegrass (Poa annua, L.), and/or perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne, L.) on fairways. Grass species …
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Master Plan for the Jerry S. Rawls Championship Golf Course
… and landscape design concepts for university golf facilities. The comparative analysis used a combination of qualitative and quantitative research instruments to develop a conceptual master plan and landscape design for Texas Tech University’s new 18-hole golf course, the Jerry S. Rawls …
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Spatial factors affecting white grub presence and abundance in golf course turf
… sampling for white grubs on the fairways of nine golf courses located on the Lower Peninsula of eastern Virginia, from 2000 through 2002. Fifteen regressor variables were collected and measured that included local-scale variables, golf course management practices and spatial pattern metrics …
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Lateral Movement of Herbicides on Golf Course Fairways and Effects on Bentgrass Greens
Concern has been raised that herbicides recently registered for use in warm-season turf to control perennial ryegrass could be dislodged from treated areas and deposited on neighboring cool-season grasses. In a field study, rimsulfuron was applied at 17.5 or 35 g ai/ha to perennial ryegrass in the …
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An Environmental Frame of Reference: Golf Course Design in Out-Of-Play Areas
Golf courses are part of the built environment. As such, they relate to the landscape and have impacts on the larger environment. This paper explores those relationships and impacts. Growing environmental awareness coupled with the projected construction of 400 courses per year in the United …
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Species and Cultural Management of Earthworms on Golf Course Turf in Arkansas and Oklahoma
… surface. In low-cut turfgrass systems, such as golf course greens, tees, and fairways, surface casting can result in a muddy playing surface, ball roll issues, weed and pest invasion, reduced aesthetics, surface softening, and reduced photosynthesis. Because the use of pesticides for earthworm …
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A Using Permaculture to Enhance Urban Food Security: An Abandoned Golf Course Case Study
… for food production. This study focuses on golf courses as one such type of open space. Due to market saturation, a fairly significant number of golf courses are presently experiencing financial difficulty. Tone potential an emerging land use type catagor that is experiencing is increasing. …
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Not in my back nine : an examination of land use disputes over golf course redevelopments in America
Golf courses in America delineate and identify landscapes of luxury, exclusion and abundance Golf courses in the Southwest are part of an invented tradition and the product of land speculation occurring after post-World War II suburbanization. Golf courses were built within master planned suburbs …
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Urban Agriculture And Resiliency Of At-Risk Communities: Evaluation And Implementation At The University Of Minnesota Golf Course
… urban agriculture at the University of Minnesota Golf Course would propagate as means of infrastructural change both physically and socially for the oppressed and exploited communities of Minneapolis, and more specifically Lauderdale. Recent precedents of urban infrastructural failures as well as …
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Effect of Golf Course Turfgrass Management on Water Quality of Non-tidal Streams in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Turfgrass management activities on golf courses have been identified as a possible source of Chesapeake Bay nutrient pollution. Total Maximum Daily Load goals are in place to reduce nutrient amounts entering the Bay. Dissertation investigations include (1) the role of golf course turfgrass …
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Impact of wastewater reuse in Burlington County on surface water quality and adjacent wetlands
… of treated wastewater effluent. Indian Springs Golf Course is currently irrigated with reclaimed wastewater. Grab water samples were collected from three (3) ponds located on the golf course over the course of a year and were analyzed for nitrate-nitrogen, total phosphorus, organics, and …
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COURT DECISIONS REGARDING GOLF-RELATED INJURIES: A QUANTITATIVE CONTENT ANALYSIS AND BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION
… patterns among injured plaintiffs on or near golf courses, the characteristics of golf injury lawsuits brought against golf courses, as well as the most influential factors that can affect a golf courses success in golf-injury lawsuits. For these purposes, the study analyzed 147 golf-related …
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Artistic Action and Contemplation: Recapturing The Elements of Mystery That Make Every Round of Golf A Voyage of Discovery
… derived from these sources to the practice of golf course architecture and expand the way we view and play in our golf course environment. Golf, unlike any other sport, is carried out over an area of awarded luck and encouraged misfortune that also happens to be a living environment. Without …
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A Simulation Model to Analyze the Impact of Golf Skills and a Scenario-based Approach to Options Portfolio Optimization
A simulation model of the game of golf is developed to analyze the impact of various skills (e.g., driving distance, directional accuracy, putting skill, and others) on golf scores. The golf course model includes realistic features of a golf course including rough, sand, water, and trees. Golfer …
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POTENTIAL FOR USE OF EFFLUENT WASTEWATER TREATED BY SOIL AQUIFER TREATMENT IN BANNING, CALIFORNIA
… requirements in order to be used on a local golf course. The local golf course is currently being irrigated with potable water, which would be supplemented with the recycled water from NP-1.</p>
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Expanding the Application of Spectral Reflectance Measurement in Turfgrass Systems
… agronomic inputs associated with maintaining golf course grasses allow for exceptional stand quality under harsh growing conditions, but often expend resources inefficiently, leading to either stand loss or unnecessary inputs in localized areas. Turfgrass researchers have adopted some basic …
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New Technologies for Evaluating Putting Green Surface Characteristics
<p>Golf course putting greens require a high level of inputs predicated on timely, well informed decisions. Putting green quality is ultimately defined by performance of the turfgrass, and this performance encompasses both (i) the health and vitality of the turfgrass plants, and (ii) the ability of …
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