Best Golf Course Management Practices: Construction, Watering, Fertilizing, Cultural Practices, and Pest Management Strategies to Maintain Golf Course Turf With Minimal Environmental Impact - Softcover

McCarty, L. B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0135047099 ISBN 13: 9780135047095

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2010

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Best Golf Course Management Practices, 3e provides up-to-date basic and applied information on grasses available, their selection and use; soils and soil amendments; critical management decisions; pest management and IPM practices; environmental concerns and strategies to develop best management practices for golf courses; and personnel and financial considerations when developing and implementing annual budgets, leasing vs. buying equipment, and managing inventory. The author and 27 acclaimed contributors share their...

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PREFACE

Golf courses are continually increasing in number and sophistication in terms of design and management. They are also under increased scrutiny from the general public and regulatory agencies. Golf course management quality and intensity range from very low maintained facilities to exquisite, highly maintained touring courses. Many resort courses rely on the tourist industry. On other courses, membership and daily fees are major sources...

About the Author

Bert McCarty is a Professor of Horticulture specializing in turfgrass science and management at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. A native of Batesburg, South Carolina, McCarty received a BS degree from Clemson University in Agronomy and Soils, an MS from North Carolina State University in Crop Science, and a PhD from Clemson University in Plant Physiology and Plant Pathology. Dr. McCarty spent nine years...

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