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Dered Why the Take-All Patch Only Affected Turf in the Poorly Drained dered why the take-all patch only approach 1/10 of an inch. This sum- stingy automatic irrigation and meticu- affected turf in the poorly drained, low mer, the spikers usually fared beller lous hand watering, particularly during lying portions of a green or along the than the rollers. Intensely managed early July when the temperatures clean up pass, or why nematodes only Poa annua was often the first to die or remained weI! into the 90s while evap- picked on the small, heavily shaded the first to succumb to diseases. otranspiration rates were practically green which was also diagnosed with Losses of turf, however, generally zero due to the high humidity. bentgrass decline. occurred in spite of sound mainte- Some superintendents could not Physical stress might be part of nance practices, but the spikers man- resist watering every night even the reason why frequent fungicide aged to hold it together a bit longer though the soil was not losing any applications failed to provide the and ran into less "golfer" problems moisture throughout the day. I don't usual degree of protection this sum- because golfers at these courses may recall any overwatered courses than mer. Some superintendents learned have more reasonable expectations managed to keep all the Poa alive all for the first lime what superintendents compared to courses where the only summer. in the transition zone understand very criteria of putting green quality is mea- Maybe another designation for well-that under ideal conditions for sured by a stimpmeter. superintendents is in order for future disease activity, fungicides cannot I also learned the importance of reference-perhaps the "Nomads", provide a consistent level of protec- sound irrigation management and the those parched earth, desert wander- tion to the turf. need for a well designed, dependable ers versus the "Sailors", those who In the past I made a distinction automatic irrigation system. live on and in the water. Well, nomads between two types of superintendents Unfortunately, the two do not always and sailors will do until J think of some- -the spikers and the rollers. Some go hand in hand. Sometimes superin- thing better. In closing, the nomads embrace spiking, aedfication, hand tendents are unable to find the "off" like Kevin Dushane at Bloomfield Hills watering, etc. and have conditioned switch to the irrigation controllers after Country Club and Chris Hague at the golfers at a particular course to lobbying for over a half million dollar Crooked Stick Country Club and oth- accept the temporary inconvenience irrigation renovation. There were a lim- ers who keep the course on the dry of these important practices. Others ited number of courses that did not side will continue to fare better than embrace (often not by choice) rolling, skip a beat this summer. A common the sailors, llke ... well, you know who double cutting, and heights that denominator for their success was you are:*, 11 -- Your Course Plus Our .~--- Kellogg Inc. Putter Creeping Bentgrass Seed, and Supplies Distributed By: P.O. Box 684 Equals Happier Golfers. Milwaukee WI 53201-0694 Tel,800-527-5495 Really. 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Putter features a dwarf growth habit and Creeping bentgrass Jacklin Seed Company Calf 800-688-SIi1iD for ajree, inJ()rmalum-packed SJO(l W RIYe<oondAoen"" • Pool foj~,Idaho a.w;.,'9oIW r"""'...., .... booklel and a hal/poulld sample of ruaer. 3JllrI13·15!11 • !lOOIlI88-S(ED • fW:( ~10116IlM2 J",,~~nPFlS ............... ._-............~ 12 SHAW, CHENEQUA CC TEAM COMPETE IN JOHN DEERE TOURNEY By Monroe S. Miller Jim Shaw, golf course superintendent at Chenequa CC, represented Wisconsin and the WGCSA at the John Deere Team Championship Golf Tournament that was held October 27-29 at the Wild Wing Plantation in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Also on the Chenequa team were Chad Beherens, Don Herrick, Wallie Schmidt and John Maguire. Beherens is the T golf pro, Herrick is the clubhouse manager, Schmidt is the club president and Maguire is the John Deere representa- r i. tive from JW Turf. The tournament was started in 1987 and has been domi- nated by Monroe CC for the past several years. It is a 36- hole, two day event played as a modified scramble. Shaw's If In |r J group won the local tournament in late June that was held at the Geneva National Golf Course. They didn't place in Members of the Chenequ1a Country Club team from left to right are: the top ten at Myrtle Beach, but they did have a good time. James Shaw, Golf Course Superintendent; Chad Behrens, PGA Congratulations! ^ Professional; Don Herrick, Club Manager; Wallie Schmidt, Club President; John Maguire, Distributor Representative. GREEIMSIVIIX A Division of Faulks Bros. Construction, Inc. AROOTZONEMIX The nations leading Every load is guaranteed to meet 1995 USGA* recommendations supplier of sports turf A TOP DRESSING MIX and rootzone material. A TOP DRESSING SAND A SOIL AMENDMENTS Sphagnum Peat Moss Reed Sedge Peat Moss Peat Humus • CART PATH MATERIAL A DECORA TTVE STONE A HORTICULTURAL PLANTING COMPOST Over 5,000 greens across the USA, Asia and Mexico are rooted in GREENSMIX® Call 1.800.537.1796 13 The Editor's Notebook In The Bleak Midwinter By Monroe S. Miller The contrast between the seasons was preceded by treeztnq rain-more Following are some interesting sta- in Wisconsin couldn't be more dramat- to worry about. tistics concerning the 1995 season for ic than it is these days. It seems such Although December was closer to you to interpret and digest on these a short time ago when we were in the normal, the rain (Which quickly froze) cold, bleak midwinter days. throws of 95'/95% summer weather; on December 3 was unwelcome on now, in the deepest days of winter, it our area golf courses. Fortunately, we • does not seem possible we could had a white Christmas, and the out- Why was I not surprised, after the experience such a hot and humid look for the remainder of the winter is miserable weather of 1995, that the extreme. for average snow and normal temper- sores on my left ear and on my nose Although I gripe as much as any- atures, I hope the forecasters are that weren't healing were just what I body about the cold winters here, the right. feared-skin cancer. The derrnatclo- contrast it affords is a good bit of the appeal of Wisconsin's four season cli- mate. The reference points are corner- stones in the lives of golf course AVERAGE WEEKLY TEMPERATURE _'., WI.COlloln, 199~ superintendents, despite their extremes in some years. Any normal person, however, '~ would hope we never have a year like 1995 and its wild extremes in weather. Here it is in a nutshell. .,., • " .... 'I' ,. " .. '1' " " ... ." • ._-" .... 1/' " , .... "" .... ,./" " .... "" " The earliest opening ever (at our AVERAGE WEEKLY GROWlI'fG POOREE PAYS, Wlaco ... l:a, 1995 course, anyway) was followed by a dreadful and terrible spring, It was cold and cloudy and rainy, We even had snow in our town in early ApriL May was decent, but June and July and August were very hot-the hottest " .... ",." ever. And it was either very wet or very dry-there seemed no inbetween in Wisconsin. At one point in late June, 70% of the state's soils were dry. On the eastern one-third of the state, 95% were moisture short in mid-July. ~ Our autumn was acceptable until 'r> • " " .. Of' " ., •• .,. " .. ".,. ........._- , ... , ..... ,. ,. " .. "" • ,. '" •• "" .. November arrived, and it turned out to be one of our worst for golf on record and in memory, Many of us had a diffi- cult time getting snowmold fungicides applied. We were spoiled attar a mild fall season last year. November 1995 !'t'J':~"~ was the seventh coldest on record with .,~ ••• "" 300" ,. ~I 3"" 11 10 :u T/3 • ," .. 30 ./. 13 30 .. Oj3 '0 11 .. 'DJI. to :z:l 3.tl'"" our average temperatures running ........... 1· ....~C ..... n.C ....... 1 almost seven degrees below normal. Actually, November was more win- ter-like than autumn-like. Normally, our town gets 41 inches of snow in the winter season; we had 20 inches of it in the eleventh month this year. There was no gall played in November. Two record snowfalls were set in .J> ... " ... " , ..... .,. " " " m , " .... 1/' ....... ,. ,. ,. .. "". ,..... " .. " November-November 10th and ~Z¥5l-- November 27th. The snow on the 27th 14 MONTHLY RAINFAll: 1995 GROWING SEASON ANO NORMAL April 11 May 11 Junp II July II Augu.' II S"l".mOOl 1/ I);"rio' 1995 No",,,,1 '995 No'mal '995 No",,"' '995 No<moi tees Ncn"ol rsss 'w_ 'nO!>8' 'W 3,~0 2.43 3.10 3,05 3.10 '.39 '00 <l,2D a sa <l.1D 3.54 'loBO 2.48 3,90 3,0<l 1.70 ,," <l.0' ""B.70 2.70 aeo " 3,10 ,"' 3,60 3,50 ,,, 3,71'" 3.30 3,62 9,50 3.91''" 3,67 we" 3,[;0 2,90 3,50 'M ~.50 ", 3.JQ '.,U3 B,50 ,w '"" 3,':>8 c 3,20 2,99 3.40 3,71 '.00 3.67 ,,, 3,57 11.0 3,77 ""2.a 0 ec 2,50 e.ee 330 ~,13 r.sc W I.~O 3,Ja 6,eO J, eo '"3.23 'W 5.70 3.32 3.90 3,5~ '.00 U3 4.30 3,9B ,,, HB "" 3.50 so 5,10 3,2' ',90 3,~1 ", '<0 3."~ ,," J,6' '" J.4< se 4.30 3.30 2.UO 2,95 1.10 '"J.79 '.00 3,a5 8.00 J.5S ""1.30 3.a 1 STATE 3,60 z.S3 3,UO 3.55 2.30 ,m '"" 3,aO ~.10 0.09 2.60 3.~7 lIP,.,,,,I,,,, a.1I",al" 1995.
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