GREEN USGA SECTION
RECORD
A Publication on Turf Management by the United States Golf Association
1969 by United States Golf A s s o c i a t i o n . P e r m i s s i o n to r e p r o d u c e a r t i c l e s or m a t e r i a l in the USGA GREEN SECTION RECORD is g r a n t e d to p u b l i s h e r s of newspapers and p e r i o d i c a l s (unless s p e c i f i c a l l y noted otherwise), provided c r e d i t is given the USGA and c o p y r i g h t p r o t e c t i o n is a f f o r d e d . To r e p r i n t m a t e r i a l in o t h e r m e d i a , w r i t t e n p e r m i s s i o n m u s t be o b t a i n e d f r o m the USGA. In any case, n e i t h e r a r t i cles nor other m a t e r i a l m a y be c o p i e d or used for any a d v e r t i s i n g , p r o m o t i o n or c o m m e r c i a l p u r p o s e s .
VOL. 7, N O . 2
MARCH
1969
The USGA Green Section A w a r d Building Golf Holes for Good Turf M a n a g e m e n t by William H. Bengeyfield Committees: Their Role in Course Economy Labor On the Golf Course Another Look at Labor by Dr. Fred M. Adams
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by James L. Holmes by Holman M. Griffin by Tom Sams by George Rudge and Ray Hansen by Ray Hansen
Equipment That Saves On Labor Automatic Irrigation and Conversion
Automatic Irrigation Experiences in Conversion Needed: Adequate Maintenance Equipment Pesticides for W a r m Season Grasses Pesticides a n d Course Economy Turf Twisters
by Lee Record
by James B. Moncrief by Alexander M. Radko
Published six times a year in January, March, May, July, September and November by the UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION, 40 EAST 38th ST., NEW YORK, N. Y. 10016. Subscription: a $2 year. Single copies: 35<*. Subscriptions and address changes should be sent to the above address. Articles, photographs, and correspondence relevant to published material should be addressed to: United States Golf Association Green Section, P.O. Box 567, Garden Grove, Calif. 92642. Second class postage paid at New York, N. Y. Office of Publication: 40 East 38th Street, New York, N. Y. 10016
Editor: William H. Bengeyfield
M a n a g i n g Editor: Robert Sommers
Art Editor: Miss Janet Seagle
Dr. Fred V. Grau (left) receives the USGA Green Section Award from Alexander M. Radko, Eastern Director of the Green Section.
Green Section Committee Chairman: Henry H. Russell, P.O. Box 697, M i a m i , Fla. 33157
Green Section Agronomists and Offices
EASTERN REGION P.O. Box 1237 Highland Park, N.J. 08904 A l e x a n d e r M. Radko, Director, Eastern Region and N a t i o n a l Research D i r e c t o r A. Robert M a z u r , Eastern A g r o n o m i s t J a m e s W . T i m m e r m a n , Eastern ...