Turf Covers for Problem Greens and Tees
At Wood way Country Club we’ve been
using turf covers for the past four fall and
winter seasons to protect our 4th and 13th
greens which meet at a high point on the
golf course. Both greens are surrounded
by large white oaks and, therefore, are
covered by dense shade in summer. Con­
sequently, where there is shade, there is
Poa Annua and difficult growing condi­
tions.
Now you can begin in see why I’ve tried
turf covers. Basically, it’s difficult area to
grow putting quality turf for today’s golf­
ing demands. Sure we could have raised
the cutting heights to 3/16” and mowed 3
times a week, but how would those greens
compare to the other 16 greens on the
course where speeds of 8.5 - 9 on the
stimpmeter are the norm.
So, four years ago we began using turf
covers. This article is to help explain to
my fellow turf profesisonals what we
experienced along the way. The improve­
ments have been outstanding to say the
least.
The first step in preparing for the use of
turf covers is to begin mowing a tempor­
ary green somewhere in the approach to
the green you wish to cover. Start this
process in early to mid October to insure a
reasonable putting surface for winter
play. If you don’t have winter play at your
club then of course this will not be neces­
sary. Mow a temporary at 3/16" to 1/4"
three times a week and topdressing once a
week. Naturally, you will be able to stop
mowing and topdressing when the grass
plant begins to shut down in November.
Spray your temporary as you would your
greens for snow mold. Remember, the
temporary will probably see most of its
play in March just before you take your

By Larry Pakkala C.G.C.S.
Woodway C.C.
covers off your regular greens, so you
want to insure a reasonable putting sur­
face in March to keep those “early birds”
from complaining about your covers.
When they see the end results you’ll con­
vince them of their usefulness.
Well in advance of preparing your
temporary green, turf covers should be
purchased. This will insure their arrival
for late November use. There aren’t many
types available today but two of the most
common covers are Duponts “Remay”
and Typar”. We have used both products
and we will say that they are only reason­
ably durable but will get the job done
nicely. “Typar” may be a little more dura­
ble. Know how much cover in square feet
you wish to order and order an extra sheet
or two in case midway through winter you
need to make some repairs. Order your
material early enough to insure delivery
before Thanksgiving as soon after is the
best time to lay your covers. Which brings
me to the most important aspect of using
turf covers, “timing”, laying and most
importantly removal.
We like to put our covers down just
after Thanksgiving and absolutely before
December 1. This is a good time as usu­
ally by now you’ve applied your snow
mold protectant and dormant feeding has
also been completed. We also topdress
heavily at this time to protect the turfgrass crown from winter desiccation. But
on problem greens the covers are added
insurance. Play has significantly slowed
by this date and of course you want your
covers down before the first snow fall.
Placing the covers is easy and a 6,000
square foot green can be covered within
an hour or two provided it isn’t too
windy. Blow any debris off the green anc'

begin laying the covers one at a time tack­
ing down with the small metal stakes that
the cover manufacturer will provide. We
have found that a stake every two feet on
each side of the cover is sufficient to keep
it from lifting during those windy winter
days. If for any reason you need to w'alk
on the cover, do so with tennis shoes or a
soft soled shoe. The covers are tender and
a small puncture can later on become a
large hole with a sudden gust of wind.
Once all the covers have been tacked
down the last step we take in securing our
covers is to surround the entire circum­
ference of the green with snow fence. The
fencing has a multi-facet purpose. First,
it secures the outer edges of the covers and
keeps wind and leaves from getting
underneath. Secondly, it keeps out in­
truders i.e., sleigh riders, deer and other
animals, and last but not least, the
dreaded winter golfer! You don’t neces­
sarily need this step but I highly recom­
mend it to keep your covers from looking
like swiss cheese. The initial investment
for covers and now fencing is approxi­
mately $800-$ 1,000 per green. This may
sound like a lot but if you take the time to
secure your covers properly and store
them properly in the summer months this
cost becomes easier to swallow. We’ve got
covers and fence that we will be using for
the fifth season this year.
After the covers are in place you can
forget about them until Spring, with the
exception of an inspection once in a while
to make sure they are still secure.
Remember, you must keep every square
inch covered for 4 months or the whole
practice will be a failure.
This leads me to the most important of
all steps to insure your success, and that is
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Coping with various regulatory obligations and managing environmental and
safety risks are increasingly recognized as important professional responsibilities of
today’s golf course superintendent.
To help superintendents continue to meet these responsbilities, the Golf Course
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it has contracted with one of the nation’s leading environmental consulting firms to
develop the first comprehensive environmental management system for the golf
course industry. Hall-Kimbrell Environmental Services, Inc. will join GCS AA in
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“The up-front cost of developing these materials is several hundred thousand
dollars, which Hall-Kimbrell has decided to invest,” noted GCSAA Executive
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tool with low unit cost to individual superintendents.”
The cost of a professional environmental audit can exceed $10,000. The price of
the new GCSAA/Hall-Kimbrell system is expected to be less than $1,000.
Steve Wharton, project manager for Hall-Kimbrell, has been collecting informa­
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the overall GCSAA/ Hall-Kimbrell effort is Dr. Wynan Hock, plant pathologist
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GCSAA Conference Sets Sales Record
Five Months Early
This has been a record-breaking year for the Golf Course Superintendents
Association of America (GCSAA). Earlier this year, the association welcomed its
8,000th member and as of today space sales for the 60th International Golf Course
Conference and Trade Show — slated for Anaheim in early 1989 — have reached a
record five months in advance.
To date, more than 117,960 net square feet of display space has been committed
to various manufacturers and distributors from all over the world. This surpasses
the previous record of 112,000 net square feet in Houston earlier this year.
“We still have some space availalbe, but it’s truly incredible how quickly everyone
has responded,” said Karyn Davis, sales and marketing manager for GCSAA. “The
industry is booming, and exhibitors are eager to display their products to the buyers
— the golf course superintendent.”
The show will run Feb. 6-13 in the Anaheim Convention Center and will be
among the largest to be presented there. The GCSAA Conference and Show is a
one-stop marketplace for today’s golf course superintendents from around the
world. More than 60 percent of the exhibitors have indicated that they will be
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Turf Covers
Continued from page 1
the difficult moment of deciding when to
remove the turf cover. Golfers will be
clammering to play in late March, trying
to coax you to open the green or greens.
We have found in our practices and by
checking our records, that we have never
removed a cover before March 31. All it
takes is one cold snap, if you’ve removed
your covers early, the whole process will
deteriorate rapidly. Use March 31 as a
deadline, after that you’re safe to remove
them. Unfortunately, the spring of 1988
was not the norm, and anyone using cov­
ers for the first time would be easily dis­
couraged. This past spring was very, very
unseasonably cold. Our covered greens
almost lost all their color by the end of
April, but because we left the covers on
until March 31 they did not lose their
vigor.
The final procedure after removing the
turf covers is to spray immediately with a
fingicide, as the turf at this time is extre-

memly lush and susceptable to disease.
Because it has been growing under the
cover, we feel it uses up the snow mold
protectant we applied in November. So,
d o n ’t w ait, apply a fungicide im ­
mediately. Chipco 26019 at 4 o z /100 sq.
ft. has worked well in preventing late sea­
son snow mold and leaf spot fungi from
forming.
Turf covers can be used for many other
purposes: i.e. trap liners, erosion control,
weed barriers in ornamental plantings,
and especially new seedings. Wait until
you see how fast seed will germinate
under a turf cover!
Here are the benefits I have found from
using turf covers:
1) Full dark green turf canopy estab­
lished by April.

3) Putting surface thick and healthy
and it should remain that way all
through the season.
4) Seed germ ination in 3-5 days
(approxim ately 10° warmer under
cover).
5) A happy membership!
At Wood way #4 and #13 greens have
been perenial problems. Lloyd Stott,
Superintendent in the 1940’s, 50’s & 60’s,
used to cover them with pine boughs, a
common practice in the old days. The
point I’m trying to make is if you have a
green or a tee that’s a problem in the
spring, and you can’t get grass on them to
grow before May or even June, use turf
covers. You will find it is as convincing as
light weight mowing of fairways.

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Slate of G C S A A Candidates Set
The Nominating Committee of the
Golf Course Superintendents Associa­
tion of America (GCSAA) has submitted
a slate of candidates to the association’s
board of directors.
The committee selected the candidates
during recent meetings at the associa­
tion’s headquarters in Lawrence, Kan.
The candidates’ names will be on the
official ballot when elections are held dur­
ing the 1989 Annual Meeting in Anaheim,
Calif., Feb. 13.
The nominees are:
For President: Dennis D. Lyon,
CGCS, City of Aurora, Colo., Golf
Division;
For Vice President: Stephen G. Cadenelli, CGCS, Metedeconk Golf Club,
Jackson, N.J., and Gerald L. Faubel,
CGCS, Saginaw Country Club, Mich.;
For Directors: Gary Grigg, CGCS,
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The president will appoint the organi­
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Currently, Lyon is vice president of
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John A. Segui, CGCS, currently is
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Final Round of
Championship
Tournament
at Wykagyl Country Club
The final round of the Championship
Tournament was held at Wykagyl Coun­
try Club on September 20, 1988. The
weather cooperated and superintendent
Vince Sharkey and his staff had the
course in beautiful condition. This was
the second and final round o f this tour­
nament. The scores for the day were com­
bined with the first round totals from the
August meeting held at Mahopac Golf
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G C S A A Golf Championship
In Palm Springs
More than 450 members of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of
America (GCSAA are expected to gather in Palm Springs, Calif., several days
before the organization’s 60th International Golf Course Conference and Trade
Show to compete in the association’s golf championship.
The two-day tournament will be played on four courses in the desert resort area.
The PGA West courses that will host the championship will be the TPC Stadium
Golf Course, site of the annual Skins Game, and the Jack Nicklaus Resort Course,
where the 1988 PGA Tour Qualifying School was held. Other participants will play
the Citrus Course at LaQuinta and the Mission Hills Resort Course. The first three
are in LaQuinta and the latter is in Rancho Mirage.
Many of today’s superintendents are avid golfers, and their knowledge about the
game plays an important role in the maintenance of their courses. “When you play,
you can sympathize better and have a better understanding for the course diffi­
culty,” says defending champion Dave Powell, golf course superintendent at Myers
Park Country Club in Charlotte, N.C. Powell won his second GCSAA champion­
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A Stressful Year
C. R. Skogley

Someone told me recently that if a golf
course superintendent said he had no turf
problems this year he had to be lying. All I
can say, if anyone escaped with all grass
intact, he had to be a magician. In my
thirty plus years as a turfgrass agronomist
I do not recall a season in which the
weather treated us quite so bad. Last year
was hard on grass because of a prolonged
drought through much of the growing
season. Without good irrigation much of
our turf was totally dormant or dead by
the end of August. With adequate irriga­
tion there weren’t many problems.
We had good rainfall September of
1987, but October and November were
again very dry months. The fall season is
critical in the life of a grass plant so that is
the time when it recovers from summer
stresses, builds up reserves and forms
buds for leaf and root growth for the fol­
lowing season. Certainly, some of this
year’s problems can be attributed to the
poor fall, 1987, growing season. Renova­
tion and overseeding in the fall of 1987
was not as successful as normal and for
the same reason.
Early season, 1988, didn’t get off to a
good start either. Temperatures and rain­
fall were considerably below normal well
into June. Grasses did not green up and
make normal growth till much later than
usual. Only with heavy early fertilization
were grasses greened and this is a no-no.
March, April, and May is the peak of root
growth, and feeding, particularly heavy
feeding, results in green grass and top
growth, but, at the expense of root
growth.
When we are not getting normal leaf
growth and extension during the spring,
the various leaf spot diseases are more
serious. During leaf spot season the dis­
ease really digs in when leaves are not
being renewed fairly rapidly. The longer
each leaf stays on the plant, and is not
mowed off, the more time leaf spot fungus
has to grow and produce damage. These
bad conditions prevailed this spring.
Even our newer leaf spot resistant Ken­
tucky bluegrasses, used by our sod pro­
ducers, were widely damaged this year

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and many of them had to resort to
fungicides.
Rainfall records here at our University
Station provide some interesting statis­
tics. For the month of April we had a total
of 3.01 inches, but 2.27 inches fell on one
day — the 28th. In May we again
recorded 3.01 inches, but 2.5 inches
occurred between the 11th and 25th. Of
the 3.15 inches recorded in June 2.5
inches fell on one day — the 26th. For
July we had 7.19 inches but 6.1 inches fell
between the 20th and 28th. We had only
one rainfall in August. Over one inch fell
on the 24th (Our Field Day).
We all know the weather was erratic
this year. From August 3rd through the
15th we had thirteen nights with tempera­
tures above 70° . Our somewhat coastal
location is cooler than where many of you
are located also.
Dollarspot, red thread, brown patch,
Pyhtium and summer patch were all
common and variously damaging this
summer. Grasses actually drowned or
cooked in poorly drained areas during the
later July, early August period. Fungi­
cides didn’t help in these situations. Wet
wilt was common and daily syringing was
required in many instances.
You can tell your golfers and club offi­
cials that this was an extremely difficult
growing season and few courses escaped
the loss of some grass. A season such as
this cam be a great teacher, however. I
believe we learned the value of good root
systems and well aerated soils. Grasses in
and around aerifier holes certainly stood
out during the summer. The need for
daily syringing is proof of a poor root
system.
Suggestions for avoiding similar
problems in future years:

1. Aerify turf extensively as early as pos­
sible in September to aid in improved
grass growth through the fall season.
Early aerification will help with root
growth and permit rapid recovery of
the turf.
2. Topdress with a good compost-type
dressing if possible. This helps replen­

ish minor and trace elements, and
improves nutrient holding capacity of
the soil (as opposed to straight sand).
3. Overseed in conjunction with aerifying
and topdressing, where needed. The
slicer-seeders are by far the best way
(Mataway, Jacobsen, Olathe).
4. Feed liberally through September and
early October, and possibly in late
November. Give the turf all the fertil­
izer it needs to recover from the
summer and to build reserves. Don’t
overdue, however.
5. Use an effective fungicide as late as
possible to prevent snow molds.
6. Refrain from early spring fertilizer
applications. Don’t worry about trying
to green up the grass early. If it’s been
well fed through the fall it will have
plenty of nutrients to promote a good
root system. Remember, most root
production occurs from March to
May. Early feeding reduces this
growth.
7. Refrain from watering in early season
unless the soil gets unusually dry. If we
keep the soil saturated with water dur­
ing the spring we exclude oxygen and
prevent normal root growth.
8. Aerify and topdress as late in the
spring as possible. Wait until the
grasses are growing vigorously so rec­
overy is rapid. We aren’t interrupting
early season root growth, and we are
also providing soil aerification closer
to the stress periods of the summer.
9. Consider changing cutting height. I
believe we have gone overboard with
cutting heights. Anything less than
3/16 inch is asking for trouble. With
the excellent mowing and grooming
devices available, with increased fre­
quency of mowing and with adjusting
watering practices, I believe we can
provide fast, true putting surfaces
without scalping our grasses. Close
mowing during cool seasons may not
be lethal but raising the cut through
July and August is certainly advised.
The 1988 growing season provided a
lesson in the value if using all we know
about agronomics.

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Stephen Kay, Golf Course Architect*
P.O. Box 81, Purchase, NY 10577
914-738-3399
Long Range Planning, Remodeling, &
New Development

Cecio Bros., Inc.
General Excavating Contractor
P.O. Box 4100; 500 Old Post Road #3
Greenwich, CT 06830
203-869-2340

Loft’s Seed, Inc.
John Morrissey
Box 146
Bound Brook, NJ 08805
201-356-8700

Steven Willand, Inc.
Dave Marmelstein
Rt 206
Augusta, NJ 07822
201-579-5656

Egypt Farms, Inc.
John Strickland
Green Topdressing, Sand, Constr. Mixes
White Marsh, M D 21162
301-335-3700
Emerald Isle, Ltd.
Bob Middleton
2153 Newport Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
313-662-2727
Glenmore Landscape Service*
Glenn S. MooTe
RR3 Box 199 Hackgreen Rd.
Pound Ridge, NY 10576
914-764-4348

The Magovern Company*
Joseph Schnieder & Jerry Kane
911 Hope Street
Stamford, CT 06907
1-800-243-9094
Metro Milorganite, Inc.*
John G. Wistrand & Anthony L. Grasso
P.O. Box 267
Hawthorne, NY 10532
914-347-4222
M ontco/ Surf-Side/ Zap!
Surfactants - Defoamers
Box 404, Ambler, PA 19002
Robert Oeschle
Home: 215-836-4992/ Whs: 215-628-3144

Grass Roots Turf Products, Inc.*
Bert Jones 201-361-5943
P.O. Box 336
Mt. Freedom, NJ 07970

O.M. Scott & Sons*
A1 Arison
226 Barry Scott Drive
Fairfield, CT 06430
203-336-9890

Harford Industrial Minerals, Inc.
Dorothy P. Stawcill
P.O. Box 210, Joppa, M D 21085
Topdressing, Constr. Blend, Bunker Sand
301-679-9191

Partac Golf Course Top-Dressing
Kelsey Park, Great Meadows, NJ 07838
1-800-247-2326
James Carriere & Sons/J & B Trucking
914-937-2136 Bill and Joe Carriere

Hawthorne Brothers Tree Service, Inc.*
5 Center Street
Bedford Hills, NY 10507
914-666-7035 and 203-531-1831
Professional Tree Care and Transplanting

Pro-Lawn Products, Inc.*
Stephen M. Kotowicz
30 Nashville Road
Bethel, CT 06801
203-792-3032

I & E Supply, Inc.
Paul Roche
66 Erna Avenue
Milford, CT 06460
203-878-0658

The Reichert Company*
Lubricant & Filter Distributor
P.O. Box 273
Riverside, CT 06878
203-637-2958 - Frank Reichert

Bentgrass Sod
Stormy Acres
Kevin Gunn
West Haven, VT 05743
802-265-3046
Terre Company of N.J., Inc.*
Byron Johnson, Jr.
206 Delawanna Avenue
Clifton, NJ 07014
201-473-3393 or (home) 203-748-5069
Turf Products Corporation*
South Windsor, CT 06074
Dennis Petruzzelli-Irrigation
A1 Tretara-Equipment
203-528-9508
Valley View Greenhouse*
Route 123 R.R. #2
Box 27
So. Salem, NY 10590
(914) 533-2526 (914) 533-2504
W-A-Cleary Chemical Corporation
Shaun Berry
P.O. Box 10, 1049 Somerset Street
Somerset, NJ 08873
201-247-8000
Westchester Ford Tractor, Inc.*
John M. Apple
Meadow Street
Golden Bridge, NY 10526
914-232-7746
Westchester Turf Supply, Inc.*
P.O. Box 198, Lincolndale, NY 10540
Serving the Fine Turf Profession
Bob Lippman
Bus. 914-248-7476 Home: 914-248-5790