greenkeeping

My books about greenkeeping, turfgrass science, clipping volume, and MLSN.

This is one of those blog posts that I finally can move from the list of notes about what I might write about, to the published and completed section. > [2020-08-29 Sat] On my run this morning from […] to […] I was thinking that a little bit of quantitative like OM246, knowing nutrient supply, clipvol, it goes a long way in leading to improved turf conditions.

Slides You can download the slides here: November 6, Golf de Saint-Cloud, Un système moderne de gestion du gazon adaptée à chaque site, 6.5 MB PDF file November 7, Golf de Saint-Endréol, Un système moderne de gestion du gazon adaptée à chaque site, 5.

In 2013, I was a co-author on this article with Drs. Wendy Gelernter and Larry Stowell. I encourage you to read the article now, if it’s your first time to come across it, or to read it again if you haven’t perused it recently.

I’ve been playing golf since 1988, and working in greenkeeping since 1993. Depending on who’s reading this, and when, that either makes me an old timer, or it reveals how new and inexperienced I am 😉 😄.

I’m leading seminars in Paris and in the south of France to discuss maintenance strategies for more sustainable turfgrass management. The topics to be discussed are the latest developments and ideas related to many of the topics I’ve been studying: MLSN, clipping volume and growth rate, water management, soil organic matter and total organic material (OM246), grass species selection, playability, and so on.

I reported on four numbers about golf play and course maintenance after visiting 11 golf facilities: the mean number of golf holes per facility was 30.3 the mean number of maintenance staff (full and part-time, and note that this is the total number of people, not expressed as full-time equivalents) was 9.

From July 3 to July 10, I visited 11 golf facilities in Japan. I asked some basic questions to the greenkeeper at each course. The answers to the questions help me to understand what the greenkeeper is working with, and how many resources are available to get the job done.

My advice is to test for soil nutrients at the time of the year when nutrient levels are likely to be at their lowest. In temperate climates in which there is some precipitation during the summer, then this is an autumn timing.

For a few years now, when I have private discussions about the type of putting green maintenance that involves few or no holes punched in the surface and minimal sand topdressing, I often hear this response.