baseline study
By Terry L. Vassey, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee at Martin; and Steve Davis, Sales Representative, Bayer Crop Science
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n the first part of this series (published in the October/November 2004 issue of this magazine), I introduced a study of golf-course putting-greens management in the Memphis area. The objective of the study is to determine the cultural and managerial parameters that are most important or influential in determining what makes a good golf green, instead of a bad one. The initial project was started by
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Steve Davis in 1980 while he was stationed in California. Since the start of the project, he has expanded the area of study and the persons involved. Today,
TENNESSEE TURFGRASS JUNE/JULY 2005
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the effort has included 250 golf courses, representing seven areas of the country, and is supported by distinguished scientists and turfgrass-industry experts such as Dr. Bob Carrow, Larry Stowell, Andy Milligan, Cal Hill and Jeff Gordon. I feel privileged to have been a