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| Monographic Author(s): | Gentilucci, Gary |
| Author Affiliation: | Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey |
| Item is a: | Thesis |
| Monograph: | Putting Green Characteristics Associated with Surface Depressions Caused by Selected Forms of Traffic, 1997. |
| # of Pages: | 100 |
| Publishing Information: | M.S. Thesis: Rutgers University |
| Collation: | x.; 90 pp. |
| Keywords: | Golf greens; Surface compaction; Clegg impact test; Mat; Traffic damage; Topdressing; Golf courses; Golf carts; Trampling; Surface hardness; Comparisons; Sand-based greens; Native soil greens; Organic matter |
| Abstract: | "The use of devices that assist a player's mobility during the playing of golf has introduced non-conventional forms of traffic on golf courses; the subsequent effect on playing surface quality is unknown. Objectives of this study were to i) evaluate the depth of depression caused by wheeled and foot traffic on golf putting greens, ii) assess testing procedures that might describe the ability of a golf putting green to bear traffic, and iii) examine edaphic properties of golf putting greens associated with surface depressions and the ability to bear traffic. Putting greens at twelve golf courses located throughout New Jersey were used as testing sites for traffic during 1996. A change in microrelief was used to measure the depth of depression occurring after 30 seconds of static pressure for each form of traffic. A Clegg Impact Soil Tester was used to measure surface hardness
and a hand held penetrometer to measure surface strength of putting greens. Wheeled traffic produced greater depths of depression than foot traffic during the 1996 season. Putting greens studied separated into two distinct groups, i) high sand greens with organic matter levels below 2% and gravimetric moisture contents less than 27% at the 0 to 5-cm depth zone below the upper mat layer and ii) topdressed modified native soil greens having organic matter levels above 2% and gravimetric moisture content greater than 27%. The depth of depression caused by traffic on high sand greens was lower when surface hardness and strength were higher. Conversely, the depth of depression caused by each form of traffic on topdressed modified native soil greens did not change significantly over the range of surface hardness and strength measured. Greater depth of the upper mat layer was associated
with greater depth of depression caused by traffic on high sand greens. Additionally, greater depth of the upper mat layer was associated with lower surface hardness on high sand greens. Greater surface strength was observed as the organic matter content of the upper mat layer increased. Therefore, the form of traffic as well as the edaphic conditions of the putting green being trafficked influences the amount of depression after a traffic event on golf putting greens." |
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Subject Headings: | Bluegrasses; Kentucky Bluegrass; Plant Regulators; Plants, Effect of light on |
| Language: | English |
| References: | 64 |
| Note: | Includes Appendix, p. 83-90 |
| Note: | Figures |
| Note: | Tables |
| Note: | Graphs |
| Note: | "October, 1997" |
| Note: | Advisor: James A Murphy |
| See Also: | Other items relating to: Dissertations & Theses -- Full-text |
| See Also: | Other items relating to: Pull-Carts vs. Golf Carts |
| See Also: | Other items relating to: Golf cart damage |
| | ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Gentilucci, Gary 1997. Putting Green Characteristics Associated with Surface Depressions Caused by Selected Forms of Traffic. M.S. Thesis: Rutgers University. |
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| | MSU: SB433.16.N5 G4 1997 |