Practical Golf Course Maintenance:
The Magic of Greenkeeping

Second Edition
by Gordon Witteveen
and Michael Bavier

The revised, bestselling resource of practical, nontechnical advice for maintaining and operating a golf course!

Practical Golf Course Maintenance presents the latest information and techniques for providing first-rate upkeep and management operations for any golf course. Clear, step-by-step coverage, unencumbered by technical language, includes critical advice on maintaining consistent bunkers, sand top-dressing and aerifying, technologies, pesticide storage, and other emerging technologies, as well as mowing techniques for greens, fairways, and tees—and much more!

This updated Second Edition offers reliable, state-of-the-art guidance and hundreds of helpful tips, including:

• Advice for growing grass with fewer pesticides
• In-depth discussions on cutting and cultivating
• Expert guidance for practicing moderation with green speed
• Coverage of different regional practices affected by climate, such as overseeding, sprigging, and other tips for practicing in the Bermuda belt

Practical Golf Course Maintenance, Second Edition is a valuable tool for golf course owners, developers, architects, builders, and superintendents; as well as greens committee members, irrigation specialists, field managers, turfgrass specialists, real estate developers, and landscape architects.

Contents

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

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