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FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR tions and demonstrate their products in a special demon- A large contingent of our friends from the Institute of stration area. The trade show extends to 1 p.m. on Satur- Groundsmanship (lOG) in England are planning to attend day and from 8 a.m. to noon on Sunday. There will be the Golf Course Show in Anaheim, CA, February 9-12, special demonstrations on how to mark and paint turf 1989. quickly and professionally on both days. This group has asked the Sports Turf Managers Associ- Sports turf managers have a choice of two concurrent arion to set up a tour of sports turf facilities in the Los educational sessions on Saturday afternoon On an array of Angeles area for Monday, February 13. Possible sites to subjects and ideas. visitinclude the Rose Bowl, Santa Anita Race Track, Indus- Session I: Nuts and Bolts-1.) "The Past, Present and try Hills Golf Course, and the Olympic shooting range in Future of Sports Turf" by Tom Mascaro, inventor of the aer- Prado Park. ifier, the Verti-Groove and consultant to Joe Robbie The following morning, the lOG will present a free semi- Stadium in Miami. nar beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Cal Poly University in Pomona 2.) "Techniques in Painting and Marking Fields" by Steve for all interested industry personnel, students and faculty. Wightman, turf manager of Mile High Stadium in Denver. Seminar topics will include "The Parks of Britain," "Sports 3.) "Sports Turf Sod- The lns'and Outs" by Steve Cock- Played on Grass," "Landscaping and Horticulture," and erham, director of agricultural operations at the University "The lOG and Its Function." The day will conclude with a of California at Riverside and consultant to the Los Angeles tour of the university campus, featuring the new computer- Coliseum. ized irrigation system which utilizes reclaimed water. 4.) "Injuries and Litigation on Synthetic Turf" by Dr. James STMA needs members and friends to assist with trans- Conn. portation, coffee breaks, and hosting the event. We would 5.) "Soccer Field Maintenance and Construction" by really appreciate your help in making our British friends feel John Souter, Scottish advisor to sports turf facilities at home in the States. They were extremely cordial to our throughout the world. delegation when we attended the Sports and Leisure World 6.) "Sports Turf Irrigation-A Real Challenge" by Sally Trade Exhibition held this past September at the Royal Prusia. Windsor Racecourse. They have much to share and are 7.) "School and College Maintenance," a panel dis-, anxious to do so. cussion. This will be the only STMA function associated with the Session 1/: Bits and Piece~71.) "Native Grasses and o'lfeShow this February, and everyone is welcome to Other Plants in Nan·SportsJurfJ\Leas" by Hoger Lemke. atten€J. 2.) "New Concepts on and Design .of Thoroughbred.Horse Race Dr. AlthtJr Read. Kent Kurtz 3.) "The Maintenance a' oWling Greens" by Jim Paterson', ~dinburgh, ..• 4.) "How To Train Qualified ErnQloy.ees" by Sandy Clark. 5.) "A New Approach to Surveying Sports 'Iurt.Areas" by INCREDIBLE LINE-UP OF TALENT FOR Graham Downs, Stirling, Scotland. DODGERTOWN 6.) "Maintenance of Ball Fields in the Off-Season" by Tom The educational opportunities for sports turf managers Burns, superintendent of the Texas Rangers Spring Train- during the First Annual International Sports Turf Confer- ing Facility in Port Charlotte, FL. ence & Show, January 13-15, 1989, are tremendous. The 7.) "Parks and Municipal Maintenance," a panel dis- M conference, set for Dodgertown in Vero Beach, FL, will fea- cussion. ture a talent-laden line-up of top professionals, educators All sports turf managers are fascinated by the care of and commercial representatives. They possess many years professional sports facilities. On Sunday afternoon, four of experience in construction, maintenance, and care of Major League groundskeepers will share their experience sports turf throughout the world. with everyone at Holman Fields the home field of the The educational sessions will begin Friday evening Dodgers during spring training: immediately following the annual STMA business meeting. Speaking during this "Hour With the Pros" will be AI Sessions Friday evening include "The Fututeboo~s Bright" Hicks from the Dodgers; Sa lJ'ber from the Atlanta, 1;) St"MA President Mark Hodnick, "Doegenowr;I fs My Job" Braves; Harry Gill from tfle Mil . r.ewers;~'andRoger Dodgertown Superintendent Carol'Thorrras ...."Sports Turf Bossard frOm the'Chic~goW ~~y will snow spe- ()rth~merica" by Dr. James Watson of Toro, and "The cial techni9ues, ..tri9~S 0 outine.main- Kingdom Connection" by Dr. Kent Kurtz. 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Syringe cycles can be activated by a button on the field station, from the central controller, or On-site weather station. with a hand- held remote radio. or centuries Americans have closely Maintaining these parks has become a beginning of the century. Responsive park guarded their right to have a portion of strategic endeavor, requiring more than directors do their best to accommodate Fthis country's geography reserved for park rangers to guard natural resources. each new sport as its popularity grows. This public use. Our history is filled with exam- Often the land involved is reclaimed from has greatly changed the nature of parks ples of people, such as landscape architect previous use, or is simply impractical for and the resources necessary to maintain Frederick Law Olmsted, naturalist John commercial or residential use. them. Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt, Landfills are converted to parks; flood Griffith Park in Los Angeles, CA, has who fought to save part of our natural plains are utilized for recreation much of the been changing for more than 60 years in heritage for future generations to enjoy. year; and rights-of-way near power lines, response to the recreational needs of resi- Mountain ranges, estuaries, forests and highways and pipelines are put to produc- dents and tourists alike. The park, once other natural wonders were placed into a tive recreational use. The topography of more than 4,200 acres of chaparral tucked bank of protected land, out of reach of such areas can often make installation of between the canyons of the Santa Monica developers, industry and others who might park utilities and communication cables Mountains and the Los Angeles River, is place their personal gain above the public difficult. today the site of four golf courses, the city interest. Decades ago, many of these utilities were zoo, a western art museum, a train As communities grew, millions of acres of not even necessary. The primitive nature of museum, horse trails, tennis courts and land were added to this bank-not neces- parks was part of their allure. Phones, numerous picnic areas. sarily for their natural beauty, but for their plumbing, irrigation, and even electricity To convert the desert canyons into usefulness in serving many of the recrea- were only added as park use increased. recreational areas, the Los Angeles Depart- tional activities popular with the public. Paved roads and parking areas, conces- ment of Parks and Recreation had to come Instead of huge blocks of land, parks sions, lights and irrigation enabled parks to up with one primary ingredient: millions of today often consist of many individual par- carry a bigger load. As communities grew, gallons of water every week. If the Los cels distributed throughout a community. their park departments had new standards Angeles River had not been dry most of the And, instead of being preserved in a com- to meet - with limited budgets to meet year, the problem would have been easy to pletely natural state, they are converted into them. solve. Instead, the park department was golf courses, baseball diamonds, football Growth has not been the only source of forced to depend upon the city water sys- and soccer fields, tennis courts and numer- pressure on public park systems. Recrea- tem to irrigate Griffith Park. ous other sports facilities. tion has taken on many new forms since the continued on page 16 14 sportsTURF Motorola's computerized irrigation systems give you central control via radio.

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Circle 112 on Postage Free Card Radio Bridges the Gaps reached back into the canyons was a huge by carts. The night waterman simply could continued from page 14 undertaking. Unlike eastern golf courses not control the amount of water closely In 1914, the parks and recreation depart- that could get by during the summer just by enough. ment chose the park for its first municipal hosing down greens, the Griffith Park Pressure was on the park to switch from golf course, the Wilson Course. Golf was a courses required water wall-to-wall most of city water to treated effluent. Each year, new venture for the department. So they the year. It was like setting up a water sys- more and more California cities were pass- contacted golf course architect Tom Ben- tem for an entire community, with mains ing water conservation ordinances. Shel- dolow, a Scottish-born pioneer in park and and laterals extending throughout both don Jensen, assistant general manager of municipal golf course design, to layout the courses. the Griffith Park region, realized that it was 18-hole course. Bendolow had designed Sprinkler heads for turf were in their just a matter of time before they would have the first municipal course in the country in infancy. The picky Thomas wanted an irri- to tap into the water treatment plant across the 1890s at Van Cortlandt Park in New gation system that would make his land- the river for irrigation. He also realized that York's Bronx. scape possible without disrupting play or automatic control could no longer be Bendolow's concept of a golf course con- marring the beauty of the setting. delayed. The old system had outlived its sisted of the bare essentials. The Scots- Irrigation consultants just didn't exist in usefulness and now had to be totally man, recalling his youth on the primitive the '20s. Each irrigation design was virtually updated. links courses, did not attempt to change the an experiment, piecing together information The first step was to get the treated desert landscape. He took what was there from a limited number of manufacturers effluent to the park. A two-million-gallon and added the necessary elements for the and existing installations. Surprisingly, the storage tank was built in the mountains game. For a time, that included oiled sand manual system that the department and above the park. It was connected to the greens. Thomas came up with would serve the golf treatment plant by a 30-inch pipe. The courses for more than 60 years and was expanded during that period throughout the park. It was a combination of quick couplers in the rough and a brand-new type of under- ground pop-up head in the fairways. Since 1907, Thompson Manufacturing had been making irrigation valves and sprinklers in its small foundry, not far from Griffith Park. The company had just deve- loped a cast iron and brass rotary head that could be buried in the ground. A series of these heads could be connected to a single valve. When the valve was opened, water pushed the heads up above the surface and turned gears to rotate the nozzle. In this Central irrigation computer. way, a rotating stream of water could cover Field station. Nine years later, George Clifford Thomas a wide circle of turf, as large as a quick- effluent would be pumped to the tank, convinced the city to let him redesign the coupler head covered. The advantage was where gravity would take over and provide Wilson Course. The wealthy horticulturist that the gear-drive heads retracted into the the pressure neccessary for irrigation. and rose breeder was fascinated with the ground when the valve was closed, out of By 1984, 60 years after the first system landscaping potential of golf courses. He sight of would-be vandals and protected had been installed, irrigation consultants had studied the work of prominent golf from traffic. had assumed a vital role in designing large, courses architects, such as Donald Ross, A night waterman with a set of yard-long complex irrigation systems. The park chose Albert Tillinghast, Hugh Wilson and George keys would go from valve to valve in the Roger Gordon to develop a two-phase plan Crump. Thomas added trees, shrubs, and dark turning on and off zones according to to rebuild the systems on the Wilson and acres of turf to give Southern California golf a schedule. The superintendents would Harding courses. the rich green appearance of courses back leave notes for the night waterman, instruct- The courses would receive all new mains, East. ing him to extend or shorten cycles as laterals, valves, heads and controllers. Thomas' work had its desired effect. For needed. No one kept records or really knew American Landscape, Inc., won the bid for a few hours, golfers could escape the how much water was being applied. Deci- the installation project, one that would take desert to enjoy the green golf oasis. Trans- sions were made by the appearance of the nearly four years to complete. American's planted easterners and vacationers could turf during the day. crews moved off the site just this month. have their cake and eat it too, playing golf in As more of the park was developed for At the same time, the landscape architec- the winter in springlike conditions. recreation, its need for water grew. Three ture section of the department of parks and The department gave Thomas 18 more nine-hole courses were added: the recreation developed a master irrigation holes to create in 1926. This became the Roosevelt course in 1933, the Coolidge plan which would incorporate the golf Harding Course. The two side-by-side course in 1941, and the Los Feliz course in course systems with those at all the other courses brought recognition to the city, 1944. The Catch 22 of the whole situation recreational areas in Griffith Park. The goal especially since they were municipal golf was that the park was being developed to was to utilize effluent everywhere possible courses. Eventually, they would be consi- meet the needs of a booming population - and to achieve maximum control over the dered great enough to host the U.S. Open. a population that was using water as fast as, entire park. The price for Thomas' golf landscaping if not faster than, the park. The golf courses would be updated in two was not his fee, since it was rumored he Pressure from the city water system phases, the first phase being the 24 holes never charged for his services. It was an started to fall below that necessary for the on the west side of the main park drive. To increased dependence upon irrigation to proper upkeep of the park. Booster pumps give the superintendents the most control satisfy the thirst of the bentgrass greens, had to be added to make up for pressure possible, all new sprinklers were valve-in- the bermudagrass fairways and roughs, drops and to get water into the upper head. At the time, Thompson did not make and the small forest that framed the 36 canyons. Poa annua started to overtake the valve-in-head sprinklers, so Toro 634 and holes. greens, while kikuyugrass began to 656 heads were specified. Installing an irrigation system that dominate the wet fairways, frequently rutted continued on page 18 16 sporfsTURF C 5 A A • 89 International Golf Course Conference &. Show February 6-13, 1989 Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California

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~\.'\, TfNDf.l ~~~~~ Golf Course Superintendents ~ ~ ~ Association of America ~O'~ 1617 St. Andrews Drive IIIIM£\\~\ Lawrence, Kansas 66046-9990 Radio Bridges the Gaps trol system. Even though the system rounds as, one by one, sections of the park continued from page 16 depended upon hard-wire communication were converted to automatic control. It The old manual system often had up to between field satellites and a central com- became clear to the park staff that one per- 15 heads grouped into a single zone. There puter, the company had 60 years of son had to be selected to comprehend all simply was no way to direct extra water to experience in radio. Motorola had agricul- the changes a radio-controlled irrigation one location without overapplying it to all tural irrigation systems utilizing radio in the system would bring about. They selected other areas included in the zone. This field, but had not yet perfected this technol- six-year park veteran Tom McCall. wasted water, encouraged disease out- ogy for turf irrigation. McCall immersed himself in details. The breaks on the greens, and left portions of The final ingredient for water conserva- park was going to operate two separate fairways mushy. tion in the master plan was a weather sta- radio-controlled systems. The first would Each new head was essentially its own tion. The park staff wanted the ability to link five controllers scattered across the station. That meant more than 2,500 sta- change irrigation cycles so that plants park by "trunked radio." This is similar to tions for the 36-hole layout. Only a highly would have the water they required, but no the system used by companies to maintain sophisticated control system could handle more. communication between a home office and such a load and provide the park crew with To do this, they needed an on-site gauge its delivery or service trucks. the ability to make necessary adjustments. of rainfall, humidity, wind velocity, temper- Each field controller contains a radio. On That meant computerized control. ature and solar radiation. If they had this the other end is an IBM PC connected to a The golf course section foremen needed information, they could use a formula to radio base station. Coded radio signals are to make adjustments from the field, while determine how much water was needed sent from either end to a mountaintop the department wanted to make changes each day to replace that used by plants or repeater station, where they are broadcast from a central controller. There were still lost to the environment. over the park. In this way, field controllers sections of the park that required irrigation As phase one neared completion, the two can communicate with the central. but were so remote that they did not have remaining pieces of the puzzle were found. McCall cites the example of Ferndale basic utilities. Finally, the system also had Motorola released its MIR 5000 radio- Park, located on the opposite side of a to allow for expansion. controlled system and Aqua Engineering of mountain, four miles away from the central The ultimate solution in the minds of the Ft. Collins, CO, developed a compatible computer. "I can check the status at Fern- park department would be a system that weather station. dale from the central in seconds," he was tied together by radio. In that way, all The decision was made to install the MIR explains, "without worrying about phone parts of the irrigation system could be 5000 on the 12 holes of phase two and lines or someone cutting into a cable managed from a central location without retrofit the MIR 3500 from phase one with between here and there. The signal installing communication lines. Unfor- the new system. Griffith Park would become reaches anywhere in the park, so we can tunately, no such system existed at the time. the first park or golf course to utilize radio add new systems just by installing another With radio control ultimately in mind, the control. controller and radio:' park selected the Motorola M IR 3500 con- The night waterman continued his The Wilson and Harding golf courses

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18 sportsTURF Circle 124 on Postage Free Card operate on an assigned UHF frequency, back on fertilizer in the coming months:' just like a "walkie talkie." While the range is James Ward, the superintendent of less, radios on the field controllers can "The signal reaches grounds maintenance for the Griffith Park receive instructions from either the central region, is quite pleased to be in charge of computer or hand-held remotes. anywhere in the park, the first radio-controlled park irrigation sys- The field controllers are essentially stand- tem in the country. Ward is familiar with the alone units that contain all the information so we can add new Motorola system, since it is primarily a necessary to carry out irrigation. The field higher-tech version of the MIR 3500 system. units and the central computer communi- systems just by adding He was the first to install the MIR-3500 at a cate at least three times each day to report golf course in the park system's Valley conditions at each station. If a head or pipe more controllers region. breaks, pressure sensors alert the field con- "It's important for management to under- troller, which is programmed to shut down with radios. " stand how advanced irrigation control sys- that station and go to the next. When tems work," Ward believes. "It's too easy to McCall arrives at the central in the morning, say the system can't do something when the computer shows him which station has you start using it, especially when you are shut down, so that repairs can be made. cycles were activated so McCall can keep the first customer. That is why Tom was McCall utilizes the weather station data to track of water use and keep the superinten- appointed to work with Motorola's Dave increase or decrease cycles system-wide dents informed. MeGeath and American Landscape as the each day. By entering one figure at the cen- McCall also downloads special "wash- system was installed and brought on line. tral, all field controllers receive the change down" instructions when crews are fertiliz- He keeps us all informed about all details. and adjust automatically. "In the short ing. "As soon as the crews apply fertilizers That's important, because we will be con- period of time we have used the system, to a fairway, they can hit the button to acti- verting Rancho Park Golf Course to radio we've saved a tremendous amount of vate the appropriate heads to wash the fer- control next. Everything we learn here will water," remarks McCall. "It's a big change tilizers off the foliage and into the soil:' be passed on to superintendent Ken Novak from leaving notes for the night waterman!" Since gravity provides up to 140 psi and at Rancho:' Five optional syringe cycles are Bermad pressure-regulating valves bring From all reports, George Clifford Thomas programmed into field controllers for greens the pressure down to designed operating would be pleased with the advances made and tees. By pressing a button on the field levels, the park no longer requires booster in irrigation since 1924. Both radio and irri- controller housing, the golf course section pumps. "We're saving all the way around," gation were new then. It seems only natural foreman can instruct the unit to activate McCall points out. "The turf is noticeably that the two would finally be merged, so that one, or all five, of the preprogrammed three- improved, and we're saving both water and Thomas' avocation of golf cou rse landscap- minute syringe cycles. The controller power. We also expect to be able to reduce ing could continue in spite of growing water reports back to the central that the syringe our dependency on fungicides and cut shortages. ~

Circle 125 on Postage Free Card November, 1988 19 ATLANTA GEARS UP FOR Unlike last year's winter meetings, demonstrated the characteristics so com- groundskeeping will not be a topic included monly associated with Old Tom Morris," he BASEBALL WINTER in the one-day seminars. "There is so much observed. MEETINGS to cover this year, we couldn't fit ground- Morris was a British greenskeeper, golf The talk in Atlanta, GA, during the first skeeping in," explained Bob Sparks, direc- professional, club and ball maker, and golf week of December will be all baseball when tor of information for the National Associa- course architect who boosted the popular- the National Association of Professional tion of Professional Baseball Leagues. "We ity of the sport throughout the world during Baseball Leagues and Major League Base- try to include it every other year." Last year, the mid-19th Century. ball get together for the 1988 Winter John Liburdi, groundskeeper for the Rodriguez joins Arnold Palmer, Bob Meetings. Albany/Colony Yankees, gave a half-hour Hope, Gerald Ford, Patty Berg, Robert Trent Management from both major and minor presentation on the subject. Jones Sr. and Gene Sarazen as recipients leagues will meet to discuss trades, drafting' Nevertheless, what takes place between of the award. He will receive the honor dur- players, marketing opportunities and December 2 and December 7 during the ing the banquet on the final night of the stadium operations during the six-day winter meetings will have some impact on show. More than 2,000 people, including event. Stadium managers and their key per- stadiums and stadium turf. The results will dignitaries from every major golf associa- sonnel also attend the meetings to compare start to be seen when spring training gets tion, are expected to attend the banquet. notes, take in the seminars and look at the underway in a few months. exhibits. This year there will also be a great deal of speculation about expansion fran- ANAHEIM'S MARSHALL chises. Investors and city officials will be there looking to buy or build their own major TOM MORRIS AWARD GOES BACK AT WORK or minor league franchises. TO CHI CHI RODRIGUEZ WITH NEW HEART Expansion has been delayed by soon-to- Juan "Chi Chi" Rodriguez, the profes- retire baseball commissioner Peter Ueber- sional golfer who has brought both talent "A heart transplant sounds heroic- until roth until Major League Baseball has set- and humor to the PGA and Senior tours, you consider the other option," says Don tled its contracts with the television net- will become the seventh recipient of the Old Marshall, golf operations manager for the works next year. When National League Tom Morris Award from the Golf Course City of Anaheim, CA. Marshall is back on President Bart Giamatti takes over as com- Superintendents Association of America the job, managing the city's two golf missioner, cities such as Buffalo, NY; Jack- during its upcoming show in Anaheim, CA. courses and the turf at Anaheim Stadium sonville, FL; Sacramento, CA; Phoenix, AZ, In announcing the selection, GCSAA after receiving a new heart last January. and Washington, DC, hope he will approve President John Segui said Rodriguez has Dr. Leonard Bailey performed the trans- recommendations from a joint dedicated his life to promoting the game, in plant at Loma Linda Hospital in Loma National/American League expansion com- addition to finding the time to help under- Linda, CA, after the 52-year-old Marshall mittee. privileged children. "Mr. Rodriguez has truly waited six weeks for a donor heart.

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