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Beat, the Ileat at Moon Valley Moon rises over Moon Valley on summer evening. Bent"a" Beat, the Ileat at moon Valley n1956, L.S. "Dick" Wilson had just finish- ed redesigning the Inverness Club in IToledo, OH. He was thrilled to be able to add to the beauty and challenge imparted to Inverness by his famous predecessors, Donald Ross and Albert Til- linghast. The Pennsylvania native had cut his design teeth in the East and Midwest with the golf course construction firm of Toomey and Flynn in the mid-'20s. One of his favorite projects was the redesign of historic Shinnecock Hills Golf Course on Long Island in 1931. When the Depression put a halt on golf course construction, Wilson was able to use his contacts to gain the superinten- dent's position at Delray Beach Country Club in Florida. Wilson brought to the South 18th green In front of his exceptional knowledge of bentgrass, a newly renovated far superior putting surface to the ber- clubhouse. mudagrasses available at the time. 12 sports TURF The desert is not kind to cool-season grasses. From June through October, maintaining bentgrass greens is a constant process of hand watering, careful mowing, and judicious fertilization. brother), Wilson was shocked by the stark on chip shots, is just one example. The 78- miles of desert and the rocky, arid canyons. year-old innovator had witnessed or taken He thought growing bentgrass there would part in numerous technological break- be like growing it on the moon. throughs at Hughes and General Electric He discovered that some private and before he started his own company in resort courses did have bentgrass greens Phoenix. but went through hell during the summer to Solheim kept asking himself why Moon keep it alive. Since summer damage was Valley could not be restored to champion- common, superintendents favored Seaside ship condition. He was deeply committed to because they could reseed in the fall. golf, especially junior golf. Any contribution Ironically, the name of the course he he could make to golf course maintenance designed became Moon Valley Country would benefit the sport. What were the Club. Thanks to Wilson, it was one of the roadblocks? And could he remove them first courses in Arizona to have Penncross through science and engineering? He greens. Moon Valley's greens stood out needed a laboratory to explore new the- because they were darker, denser, and ories. Moon Valley could serve as that recovered faster. They also didn't segregate laboratory, so he bought the entire 160-acre into patches, something common for other facility. creeping bentgrasses. For the first time Solheim found himself Today as in Wilson's time, the desert is on the receiving end of members' com- not kind to exotic, cool-season grasses. plaints. An avid golfer himself, he When the summer temperature hits 115 appreciated their remarks. He knew the old degrees, bentgrass demands intensive irrigation system was inadequate, and the Until World War II, Wilson tinkered with care. clubhouse no longer compared to the com- bentgrass, trying to help it survive the hot, Calvin Cross, superintendent of Moon petition. He made a promise to the mem- humid summers of the South. He took a few Valley, has been babying bentgrass in bers that he would do whatever necessary design and construction jobs on the side to Phoenix for more than 30 years. From June to make Moon Valley rank among the top keep his creative skills sharp. through October, maintaining bentqrass private courses in the Valley of the Sun. The postwar boom in the popularity of greens is a constant process of hand water- During the Masters at Augusta National golf encouraged Wilson to reenter the ing, careful mowing, and judicious fertiliza- that year, Solheim met Alex Rohoza, a design business full-time. He started off tion. "Once it starts to wilt, it's too late," member of the famous course's greens with a bang, designing West Palm Beach advises Cross. "And if you don't have good committee. For 45 years, the Pennsylvania Country Club. It wasn't long before word of greens, you don't have a golf course. During sod grower had specialized in bentgrass his talent spread. He found himself back in the summer, you do everything you can to sod for greens. the East designing courses with his favorite, protect the bent and keep your fingers Rohoza was one of the first to grow Penn- bentgrass. crossed:' cross sod for golf courses, and in the He was aware that Dr. Burton Musser at In 1985, the 18-hole private course was process has installed greens at prestige Pennsylvania State University had deve- struggling to survive. Goldwater sold Moon courses across the country. As a result, he loped an improved creeping bent that could Valley to the membership after he com- is widely sought after for his advice on bent- be propagated by seed called Penncross. It pleted the residential development around grass management. Before leaving had distinct advantages over colonial bents, it. Competition from newer courses was tak- Augusta, the two men struck a deal for vegetative varieties of creeping bents, and ing its toll. The clubhouse no longer com- Rohoza to rebuild two greens at Moon Val- Seaside, the only seeded creeping bent of pared to other private courses. The quick- ley and install 18 more for a new executive consequence on the market. Wilson was coupler irrigation system needed to be course Solheim had decided to add to the anxious to put Penncross to use. updated at a cost of nearly $1 million. The club. Inverness was nearly ideal for cultivation members simply couldn't afford that kind of Solheim made it clear to Cross that he of bentgrasses. Canadian breezes crossing investment without selling part or all of the wanted Moon Valley to benefit from all avail- Lake Erie swept over the course much of course. Moon Valley was put on the market. able technology. Cross had never been the year. However, when they stopped and Karsten Solheim, who is most famous for satisfied with the common bermuda fair- the temperature and humidity rose, dollar his Ping golf clubs, was a member of Moon ways, tees and roughs during the summer. spot, brown patch and other diseases Valley and lived next to the course. He had "With a quick-coupler system, your course would take their toll. To combat this watched the course and its bentgrass suffer is only as good as your night watermen," he problem, Wilson specified Penncross for from tight budgets and was concerned that states. "You never have the kind of control Inverness and the results were quite it might be sold to a developer. you need to solve localized problems:' dramatic. Throughout his career, the inventive A Toro VT3 system was installed the first When he stepped off the train in Phoenix, engineer had overcome numerous road- year. More than 2,200 valve-in-head model AZ, in 1956 to design a new private course blocks to technology. The square groove on 650 sprinklers were linked to 42 satellite for developer Bob Goldwater (Barry's Ping irons, which increases the backspin continued on page 14 October, 1989 13 fertilizers had been sprayed. Improvements in the density and color of both bentgrass and common bermudagrass were evident. Rohoza was impressed and took samples of the fertilizer back to Pennsylvania for testing. Atutis reasoned that the diet of golf turf, like that of dairy cattle or vegetables, could be controlled to make up for any deficien- Tissue testing, cies in nutrients revealed by tissue testing. fertilization and an But the nutrients had to be available, and improved irrigation the superintendent had to have a fast and system have produced results at Moon Valley. accurate way to test the nutrient content of turfgrass tissue. Tissue testing had a reputation for producing inconsistent results. Soil testing Bentgrass Beats the Heat more involved he became in turf manage- can tell the turf manager what nutrients are continued from page 13 ment. He had been a dairy farmer and was present in the soil, but not always whether controllers. "Three-fourths of the heads are also an avid grower of vegetables. It struck they are available to the plant. Rohoza part-circle," Cross reveals. "Three rows of him that much of the latest research into the believed that peaks and valleys in nutrient fairway heads follow the contours and don't nutrient content of forage grasses for dairy availability made bentgrass vulnerable to its overlap into the roughs. There are one or and beef cattle could be applied to golf enemies. If there was a way to provide a two rows of heads in each rough. The course turf. consistent level of nutrients to the turf, it heads are grouped in stations of three, but Farmers keep close track of protein and could rally its natural defenses with the we can run one head at a time if we need to. other nutrients in feed. Advances in analyz- greatest effectiveness. Greens, banks around the greens, tees, ing the tissues of forage grasses enabled Dr. John Shenk, professor of agronomy at fairways, and roughs can all be suppliers to custom blend feed. By controll- Pennsylvania State University, had deve- programmed separately:' ing the diet of their herds, farmers achieved loped a more accurate method of analyzing From June through October, Cross greater milk and beef production. the tissue of forage grasses called nuclear assigns two crew members to do nothing Allen Solheim encouraged Atutis to dig infrared (NIR) spectroscopy. Instead of but hose down greens. "I guess I'm old deeper.
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