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Zoysia Grasses Lays the Ideal Solution to East Asia’S Low Light Climatology and That This Progeny of Asian Parent Material Will Indeed Be ‘Super’ Grass for Asia CLUB MANAGEMENT ›› FOOD & BEVERAGE ›› CLUB SERVICES ›› TURF MATTERS ›› GENERAl NEWS Golf Trade Golf Course Architecture & Developers Turf Maintenance & Equipment Golf Clubs & Resorts Manufacturers ISSUE #67 AUGUST 2014 OFFICIAL MAGAZINE FOR CMAA-ASIA PACIFIC CHAPTER asiapacificgolfgroup.com | golfconference.org | cmaa-asia.com CURLEY’S VIEW: THE POWER GOLF COURSE IN OF SOUL CHINA BY GREGG PATTERSON ANALYTICS & SURVEYS THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD INFORMATION TO FUTURE BUSINESS BY JEFF BLUNDEN ARE ZOYSIA “SUPER GRASSES” FOR GOLF COURSES IN ASIA’S NEAR FUTURE? BY JAMES PRUSA ASIA PACIFIC GOLF SUMMIT The AGENT TO ENERGISE! EDUCATION & COURSES // CMAA-APC RAMPS UP WORLD CLASS EDUCATION PROGRAMMES SPECIAL FEATURE // A CASE FOR A BIGGER BUDGET // THREE THINGS ABOUT PROBLEM SOLVING PUBLISHER's OFFICE MIKE SEBASTIAN [email protected] SINGAPORE OPEN BACK AGAIN? There have been some rumbles about the Singapore Open making a return after a two year lay-off. Talk has it that the event, described as a “ jewel in the crown of Singapore sport” will be staged early in 2015. We laud this decision but does it really make big name stars who are supposedly paid an needs something that is different as opposed to good economic and promotional sense to appearance fee and with the rest of the field the tired format of multi-million dollar, four-day re-launch the event? Does golf really need made of journey-men. professional tournaments. another multi-million dollar purse and will the now defunct Singapore Open be able to There’s no doubt that the organisers will lay-out Singapore has got what it takes to rock the attract a comprehensive field of the game’s best some big bucks to deliver “value” to some blue- world in virtually anything that it undertakes especially when one considers that the hallowed chip sponsor. Our poser to the organisers would to do. position once enjoyed by the Singapore Open be to put this money to good use by thinking has since been usurped by the full-fledged PGA unboxed and coming up with an event that will Why can’t it do likewise with golf especially if event – the annual CIMB Classic staged in Kuala be a one-of-a-kind global attention grabber. you consider the huge investment that will have Lumpur? to be made on resuscitating a spent force like We advocate this because many multi-million the Singapore Open? The CIMB Classic is a US$7 million dollar dollar tournaments struggle to get TV ratings tournament which enjoys official status on the and it will be a challenge for anyone to prove Come on Singapore – you can be different. PGA Tour with full Fedex Cup points with the that the Singapore Open would be a huge eye- Show the flagging golf industry that you have winner earning a trip to the Masters. ball grabber. what it takes to give it a revitalizing shot in the arm by being innovative and imaginative. This is going to be a hard act to beat especially Now’s the time for Singapore to show that it is if the Singapore Open can only attract some a true blue-blooded laboratory for change. Golf The world’s watching so don’t let it down! PUBLISHER/EDITOR: MIKE SEBASTIAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: ANGELA RAYMOND ART DIRECTOR: SAIFUL SUFIAN VIDEO EDITOR: EDITOR WAYNE LwEE FINANCE: MYRA PARAS MARKETING EXECUTIVE: ALICE HO PUBLISHED BY: ASIA PACIFIC GOLF DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES PTE LTD CONTACT: [email protected] CMAA – ASIA PACIFIC CHAPTER: PRESIDENT: MIKE SEBASTIAN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICIER: SYLVAN BRABERRY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION: LAWRENCE YOUNG OFFICIAL WEBSITE: WWW.CMaa-aSIA.COM OFFICIAL AFFILIATED WEBSITES: WWW.ASIAPACIFICGOLFGROUP.COM; WWW.GOLFCONFERENCE.ORG; ; WWW.ASIANJUNIORGOLFFOUNDATION.COM; OFFICE ADDRESS: SUITE 05-06, HONG AIK BUILDING, 22 KALLANG AVENUE, SINGAPORE 339413 TEL: +65-6323 2800 FAX: + 65-6323 2838 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of Asian Club Business may be reproduced in any form or means without the written permission of the publisher. Opinions expressed by writers and advertisers within Asian Club Business are not necessarily endorsed by Asian Club Business. Asian Club Business accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, transparencies or other materials. Manuscripts, photographs and artwork will not be returned unless accompanied by appropriate postage. ASIAN CLUB BUSINESS AUGUST 2014 02/03 CONTENTS ISSUE #67, AUGUST 2014 – ASIA PACIFIC GOLF SUMMIT ... THE AGENT TO ENERGISE! SPECIAL FEATURE Three Things About Problem Solving Pg26 Here are three quotes from Albert Einstein. Three principles Pg26 which helped him achieve mammoth levels of success. Three principles which can help you revamp the way your team functions and addresses problems. Dr Clifford James Ferguson reports. Building a Case For a Bigger Budget Pg28 Preparing budgets and getting them approved is a science. There are three distinct steps of a better way to request for a bigger budget to compete and meet demands for consistently top conditions on your golf course. Henry DeLozier shares his wisdom. Pg28 TURF MATTERS Are Zoysia ‘Super Grasses’ For Golf Courses In Asia’s Near Future? Pg42 The SKY72 group returned to Asia impressed and confident that in these new Zoysia grasses lays the ideal solution to East Asia’s low light climatology and that this progeny of Asian parent material will indeed be ‘Super’ grass for Asia. The new Super Zoysia grasses are coming soon to Asia and there are many more improved Zoysia varieties and new hybrids in the pipeline that will follow over the next decade. James Prusa gives his insights. GENERAL NEWS Jacks's Beijing Club Opens For Business Pg54 New CEO Announced For CMAA Pg56 Bernhard Makes Pinehurst Look Sharp! Pg58 ASIAN CLUB BUSINESS CLUB MANAGEMENT The Power of Soul Pg32 Every club wants to have a great club chef. Clubs need to define great when finding, directing and compensating the chef. Chefs need to be shown that “soul” can be measured and is as important to their club success as cooking and counting. Tell them what you’ll be measuring and the practices you’ll be looking for. Remind them that clubs are in the happiness business. Gregg Patterson reveals his thoughts. I’m Tired of “THEY”!! Pg38 “A unique perspective of talking to a large number of managers, both out of work and looking for a job, and those thinking about looking for a new position and being recruited, it often seems that the “They” reference works it’s way into the conversation!” Richard Kopplin and Kurt Kuebbler give their insights. Pg38 Pg32 GENERAL NEWS Jacks's Beijing Club Opens For Business Pg54 New CEO Announced For CMAA Pg56 Bernhard Makes Pinehurst Look Sharp! Pg58 Pg42 JULY 2014 06/07 TURF MATTERS ZOYSIA GRASS Written by James Graham Prusa and Co-author Kim Jin ARE ZOYSIA "SUPER GRASSES" FOR GOLF COURSES IN ASIA'S “You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold NEAR FUTURE positions that cannot be attacked.” – General Sun Tzu Kim Jin and Lee Seung Hyung of SKY72 inspect Zoysia matrella selections at Texas A&M Dallas USA ASIAN CLUB BUSINESS REFERENCES: 1. Asian Turfgrass Climate Charts. 2014. Asian Turfgrass Climate Charts. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.climate.asianturfgrass.com/. [Accessed 8 July 2014]. 2. Micah Woods, Ph.D. Why manilagrass (Zoysia matrella) is the best choice for links-style golfing surfaces in East and Southeast Asia. 2013. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.files.asianturfgrass.com/201305_manilagrass_links_turf.pdf. [Accessed 10 July 2014]. In Southeast Asia we predominantly see the use of hybrid Bermuda grasses and other imported warm season species. In Northeast Asia golf courses have struggled for years with cool season species that just don’t seem to quite work. In both north and south all of these species demand high water consumption, large inputs of chemicals and fertilizers, with resulting high maintenance costs, intense labor and erratic play conditions. These facts are stifling the potential for expansion of golf in Asia and the engine of growth is sputtering. Why is it that these grasses commonly used in Asia, that are so successful in other regions of the world, seem unable to easily succeed in battles with our climatology? What is going on here and what have the legions of occidental ‘experts,’ who do their intermittent fly-ins to Asia, missed in the grassing equation? The selection of the right grass for a golf course is really no throughout much of the year and particularly during the May different than the advice the sage general of ancient China, through November monsoon season that sweeps across East Sun Tzu, gives with regards to warfare. One must first select Asia from the Indian Ocean. This is a very significant growth the very best grass that will provide the greatest defense limitation factor for turfgrass – it is a major stress. And when against all of nature’s vagaries and man-made stresses. So a major stress combines with multiple other lesser stresses, often I have been saddened to visit a golf course that is in sports turf grasses will experience catastrophic failure. trouble, only to find that the decision makers failed to select the best grass – on the advice of outside experts of course. Our often cloudy or raining East Asia conditions for a significant part of the year reduce the available light in specific frequency Often times in Asia grasses have been recommended wavelengths that are required for plant photosynthesis. We call by occidental ‘experts’ who seem to think that East Asia these special light wavelengths ‘PAR light’ or Photo(synthentic) climatology is the same as Florida or Portugal, when, in fact, Active Radiation. they fail to understand that there is at least one very major influence on plant photosynthesis that is uniquely limited here It is a fact that in East Asia we have less quantity of sunlight in Oriental realms.
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