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Green Section Pointers onSummer Greens Care

With the hot humid days of summer up-on us extra care and planned maintenancepractices are extremely important. The fol-lowing partial checklist of important main-

I tenance practices is submitted for the aidof all superintendents.

WATERI G: There are many differentopinions on this particular phase of main-tenance. The time of day during whichwatering should be accomplished alwayshas been a subject of much discussion. TheGreen Section has determined that, formaximum freedom from brownpatch,watering should be accomplished duringthe early hours of the morning prior tomowing. A watering of this type has manyadvantages over night watering. Not onlyis the grass supplied with the necessarymoisture for growth but early morningwatering will break up the mycelium ofbrownpatch and also remove the dew,which, in itself is a perfect medium for thegrowth of the disease organism.

Another advantage of early morningwatering is that the grass dries morequickly so that mowing can be startedsooner. By avoiding evening watering thegrass goes into the night dry and is in

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a more favorable condition for resistanceto brownpatch.

Watering when "accomplished, whetherin the morning or at night, should bethorough in order to promote deep rootgrowth.

One exception to the above is during theperiod following a prolonged rainy season.Extreme care will have to be observed at atime like this to prevent "scald." Eventhough the soil may be saturated, severallight sprinklings a day may be beneficialin order to reduce high evaporation ratesand to keep the top layer of the soil moist.This procedure has been tried and hasproved to be successful on many coursesthroughout the country.

MOWI G: It is recommended that themowers not be raised during the summer.If the grass becomes tender during thesehot days, it has been proved that by skip-ping a mowing and keeping a constan tmowing height, excellent results can beobtained.

One disadvantage of raising mowersduring the summer is that a "nap" tendsto develop which increases the watering'problem and disease incidence. Wheresuch a "nap" exists the control of diseasesbecomes more difficult.

Applications of chemicals to the surfaceof the grass will stop the immediate

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growth of the disease organisms, but witha heavy mat the organism lives over be-low the surface and quickly reappears assoon as ideal weather conditions for thedisease recur.

DI EASE CONTROL - BRO\VPATCH: Application of an inorganic mer-cury fungicide, applied at the rate of 1 to 2ounces to 1,000 square feet at each applica-tion; or Tersan, applied at the manufac-turer's recommendation, should give ade-quate control. The use of mercury com-pounds during hot weather may discolorthe grass slightly and it definitely has aretarding effect on the growth rate. Tersanhas been proved to be perfectly safe to usein hot weather.

COPPERSPOT: The chemicals bestsuited for the control of this disease are.Puraturf and Puratized 177. Other com-monly-used available fungicides have beenunsuccessful in its control.

ALGAE CONTROL: Hydrated lime, ap-plied at the rate of 2 or 3 pounds to 1,000square feet, distributed as a spray or dust,has given rapid and satisfactory control ofalgae.

FERTILIZATION D TOPDREINO: No application of fertilizer or top-dressing should be made during hot wea-

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HEAVY OIL : Poor water percolationinto the soils can be attributed to heavysoils and matted greens. Shallow rootingis also prevalent in heavily-compactedsoils. Plans should be formulated for aerat-ing such soils in early fall when the grassis in an actively growing stage.

Winter School for GreenkeepersOpens Jan. 3, at Univ. of Mass.The 19th annual ten week Winter School

for Greenkeepers under the direction ofProfessors L. S. Dickinson and GeoffreyCornish will open January 3, 1949 at theUniv. of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Courses will be given in Grasses, Costs,Equipment, Soils, Fertilizers, Water Sys-tems, Drainage, Botany and Entomology.A series of lectures will also be given onconstruction of fine turf areas.

A number of noted greenkeepers andgolf course construction men are being in-vited to conduct discussions in the eveningperiods. In addition, part of the researchwork now being carried on at the Univer-sity is located in greenhouses and will beavailable for the Winter School.

Attendance will be limited to 25 quali-fied men. Write direct to Prof. Dickinsonfor application blanks.

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By JERRY GLYNN

Professional, Skyc:rest Country c:lub, Prairie View, III.

Any professional who hasn't been pay-ing considerable attention to developmentof women's business at his club had betterbegin making up for lost time. Due to theinability of manufacturers to produceenough clubs to supply the men's marketthe first two seasons after the war ended,the women's business lagged. In a waythat's been a good thing for the pros forwhen the supply catches up with the de-mand for men's clubs there'll still be tre-mendous potential sales in the women'sfield.

Beyond the shop sales view of thewomen's market there is a broader reasonfor paying a great d al of attention to thewomen golfers. Nobody knows when gen-eral business conditions are going totighten up and the clubs again will runinto a series of lean years. The club thathas the mothers and daughters enthusi-astic about golf is going to retain its mem-bership. The female of the spe ies ismarvelously skilled in prevailing on themales to spend money. If they ar edu-cated to regard golf as one of th ir socialssentials and become keenly interested in

their games and scoring there won't be theslump in club membership that there wasafter the stock market div in 1929.

A woman's magazine in its advertisingpromotion has the slogan "never under-estima te the power of a woman." Tha t'ssomething for the golf pro to keep in mind.He will not only find that women's powerexerts itself favorably and directly on hisshop and lesson volume but indirectly-and forcibly-upon the husbands who areofficials or rank-and-file members of hisclub.

About 16 years ago I began giving parti-cular attention to the women golf rs' busi-

Aug1lst, 1948

Skycrest professional Jerry Glynn looks on a p-provingly as apt pupil Phyllis Otto addresses balland Dorothy Germaine waits her turn. Both stu-dents wear golf shoes from Jerry's well stocked

pro shop.

ness. At that time the women's tradevolume in pro shops wasn't very much butit wasn't primarily for d velopment ofvolum that I watched the women hop;in t ad I began trying to figure out how Icould sell more to them. I studied them he-cause I knew as every married man do s-that women are smart r buyers thanmen and are subjected to th very b st ofretail advertising, display and selling.

Now let me tell you something abouthow that early attention to merchandisingto women helped me. I learned, first of all,the pro shop selling appeal of "class" andsuperior quality products in the apparellines. Application of this primary lessonbrought me men's slacks sales of mor

than 300 pairs a year. I made a deal witha tailor Wh0would alter the legs for lengthand the seats to the correct dimensionsand my members looked far better thanthe average of private club membersaround the Chicago district.

That was one of the timeliest merchan-dising lessons I ever learned, i.e., studyinghow to do business at the pro shop so theoperations would compare favorably withthe best at women's stores. At that timemen's dress generally on a golf course wasgoing into a decline from which it certain-ly has not emerged. Look at the pro andamateur tournaments today-or at manymembers at private clubs and you'll see alot of them looking like they were drivingcoal trucks instead of playing a game in"the country club atmosphere."

Contrast most of the field in the Nation-al and Western Opens and the PGA cham-pionship this year with the grooming ofHagen, Sarazen or Armour or 50 otherswhere they were tournament contenders.Or look at Joe Kirkwood today playing anexhibition when it's 100 in the shade. Joeis wearing a $20 shirt, a $15 tie, a pair ofexpensive and finely tailored slacks andlooks cool, collected and classy. Too manyother pros look like they're dressed forwork and that's bad psychology for thegolf pro to pass along to his members.You sell more golf merchandise when golfis fun.

Pro' . Grooming ImportantToday about 75(/c of the professionals

are smartly groomed in hosiery and shoes.The deterioration in the rest of their golfattire, except sports shirts, has been in asharp decline from the generally high pre-vious standard. Today too many of theprofessionals have the casual and evencareless dress standard that is so obviousamong the amateurs. It is fortunate forsome pros that the sports shirt fashionfrom Hollywood not only saved them fromtee shirts and dungarees as a professionalcostume but put them in a profitable newdepartment of pro shop sales.

One very important thing about women'sbusiness is that the merchant has to lookneat and businesslike if he's making anybid for quality trade. That certainly holdsgood at the pro shop. Women recognize...•uality material and tailoring in a profes-sional's apparel more keenly than mostprofessionals do. Lack of a manicure, needof a haircut or shave, the offenses of B.O.or halitosis; an are factors that cut downwomen's business at pro shops. Perhapsit's undiplomatic to mention these as fac-tors that are sometimes present. But wemight as well be bluntly honest.

Most professionals know how neatnessof person and of their shops are essentialsin making a successful bid for women's

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business. But where the business profes-sional is still pretty much up in the air isconcerning the merchandise to carry forwomen. About the only item of quailtymerchandise other than golf gloves thatpros have been able to sell in considerablequantities to women is golf shoes, of onebrand especially. The visors and jockeycaps have gone rather well to women atmany clubs but they'll be on the way outand pass quickly the instant some smartmilliner gets busy on women's hats forgolf. At the very top Florida clubs lastwinter some attractive golf hats forwomen were in evidence.

Women's Golf Dress to ChangeFrom the masculine viewpoint there is

a lot of room for improvement in the looksof most golf dresses for women. I have mydoubts that at this stage of the businesspros can do much of a job in stocking andselling women's golf dresses although I'mtold that several pros around Los Angelesha ve been very successful in sellingwomen's golf blouses.

Generally, though, there is such a widevariation required in women's sizes andso much altering that it's dangerous for apro to get too far off base in women's golfdress business. Furthermore I believe thatthe style factor is going to take a moredefinite and smarter trend in women's golfclothes. At this time a few smart womenin almost every club are showing a dressleadership that is having a strong andfavorable influence. The truth of thewomen's golf dress situation among toomany of the better golfers is that thesegarments also look too much like workclothes and have a bad influence in mak-ing the golf course, which used to be aplace where the smartest sports attire forwomen was seen generally, an area inwhich there is a curious and vast varietyof women's clothes worn.

There is nothing a pro can do about this,I suppose, but if the dress designers wouldtake the lead the young girls who arecoming into the game by the thousandswould learn right at the start to be smart-ly groomed on the golf course. That wouldbe the best break the pros could get inassuring a speedy and solid developmentof the new boom in women's golf. Lookwhat smart costuming did in popularizingskiing and making business great for skipros.

Women's Club Market ImprovesIn club sales to women the missionary

work that pros have done with fre classlessons for youngsters and women showpositive indications of paying out in a bigway. Fifteen or 20 years ago girls andyoung matrons who started to play golfdidn't often get new sets. They became

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Thos of us in golf course maintenanceand nursery work often find it helpful toput in black and white the procedure thatwe follow for sometimes we learn too latetha t our turf troubles may be caused byneglecting to do what our experience hastaught us is sound practice. The demandsof weather and unavailability of laborsometimes upset our schedules and to pro-tect against these upsets a standardoperating plan is a pretty fair idea.

From my own experience in raising finebent, from the experience and advice ofnumerous greenkeepers and from greathelp of Fred Grau of the Green section, O.J. Noer, and the Rhode Island AgriculturalExperiment station, I've made the follow-ing notes applicable to the north centralstates which may be reminders to men ofextensive experience and helpful guides tom n of limited experience in maintainingfine bent turf.

The proper maintenance of a puttinggreen depends upon a definite schedule ofoperations which must b performed at cer-tain times in order to produce maximumr sults. The following suggested schedulebrings the different essential op rationsinto an orderly program for the season.

Although one system will not work in allclimates, on all soils and on all bent grassgreens, it is possible to lay the groundworkof such a plan so that more attention canbe given to new problems and less to theordinary run of work. The suggest dschedule may be adapted and changed tosuit individual condition. Many of thesuggestions are based on definite experi-mental work while other are based ongeneral experience and observation. Opera-tions have been arranged and brieflydescribed in the order that they wouldordinarily take place during the season.

1. Rolling. Roll when frost i out of thground, and roller will not become wet ormuddy. Soils that are high in clay contentmay not require rolling at all, because roll-ing at the improper time will do moredamage than good. Soils high in sand con-tent or peat content can stand rolling with-out damage bett r than those high in clay.

2. Fertilizing. The application of 10 to15 pounds of an 0-20-20 fertilizer to 1000sq. ft. in the spring and again in the fall,adequately should satisfy requirements forphosphorous and potash on putting greens.Th application of nitrogen then will be thonly consideration during the remainder of

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