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| Author(s): | Vavrek, Robert Jr. |
| Author Affiliation: | Agronomist in the USGA Green Section's North-Central Region |
| Title: | How low can you go? |
| Column Name: | All things considered
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| Item is a: | Editorial |
| Source: | USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 36, No. 1, January/February 1998, p. 17. |
| # of Pages: | 1 |
| Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
| Keywords: | Golf fairways; Mowing height; Close mowing; Golf greens; Poa annua; Injuries; Root growth; Playability |
| Abstract: | Addresses the issues concerning the gradual shortening of golf fairway mowing heights. Exhorts those who are considering mowing tighter fairways to consider the potential ramifications of such a decision. These affects may include: decreased playability due to a high lie in the fairway; increase in problems associated with earthworm castings and ant mounds; reduced ability of turf recovery due to poor root growth and a consequent inability to freely photosynthesize; and mower injury. Author opines about how short mowing heights are "getting out of hand". |
| Language: | English |
| References: | 0 |
| Note: | Reprint appears in A Touch of Green, January/February/March 2000, p. 12-13 |
| | ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Vavrek, R. Jr. 1998. How low can you go?. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 36(1):p. 17. |
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