Best Golf Course Management Practices (Hardcover: 868 pages)

Best Golf Course Management Practices, Second Edition is the most complete and up-to-date guidebook and reference for those studying turfgrass management, including golf courses and sports fields. Written by top turfgrass scientists, this book provides in-depth information and tips on growing grass with minimum inputs. Included are chapters on the best turfgrasses for golf courses; preventing and managing environmental stresses such as cold, drought, and heat stress; golf course design and maintenance considerations for environmentally friendly turf; pest management; and irrigation water quality and quantity. The latest research and applied trends on pest control, soils and soil amendments, fertilizers and fertilization strategies, drainage, green's construction options, bentgrass/poa and bermudagrass green management, and the latest labor and budget requirements for maintaining modern golf facilities are included.

• A new chapter on budgets and personnel management
• Recent changes in pesticides, fertilizers, grasses, and management techniques and strategies have been added
• Latest updates on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies and procedures
• Revised color photographs on the most destructive diseases and other problematic pests and management situations for golf courses