April 1979

Published monthly by the Metropolitan Golf Course Superintendents Association

MGCSA MEETING NOTICE:

Date:
Place:

Thursday, April 19
Indian Hills Country Club
21 Breeze Hill Road
Ft. Salonga (Northport), N. Y. 11768
Host:
David Marmelstein
Telephones: 516-261 -5700 (Superintendent)
516-757-7718 (Golf Shop(
12 noon Carts: $12.00
Golf:
Available from 11:00 a.m.
Lunch:
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Cocktails:
7:30 p.m. $14.00 (cash or sign)
Dinner
6:00 p.m.—Speaker to be announced.
Program:
Note:
One Turf related guest per member
Directions:Throgs Neck Bridge to L.I. Expressway (East) Exit
off L.I.E. at Sunken Meadow Pkwy. (North-Exit#53) Go
North on S.M. Pkwy. to last exit west before toll which will
be Rt. #25 A West. Take Rt. #25A west for approx. 2 miles
until Shell Gas Station. Turn right on Fresh Pond Rd. and
then take 2nd left onto Breeze Hill Rd. Club is on Left at top
of hill.
COMING EVENTS:

April 19

MGCSA/LIGCSA Joint Meeting,
Indian Hills C. C.
May 24
MGCSA Monthly Meeting, Westchester C. C.
May 29-June 3 Golden Lights Tournament, Wykagyl C. C.
June 7
MGCSA Monthly Meeting, Mt. Kisco C. C.
July 9-15
1979 U.S. Women’s Open, Brooklawn C. C.
(for info, call 203-334-5116)
July 19
MGCSA Monthly Meeting, Innis Arden G. C.
July 25
Univ./Mass. Annual Turf Field Day
August 16-19 Westchester Classic
August 20
Family Picnic—Woodway C. C.
August 22
Univ/Rhode Island Turfgrass Field Day
September 20 MGCSA Invitational, Ridgeway C. C.

Vol. IX , No. 3

by Rhodia. This product is reported to be effective for 2-3
weeks. This was the first new turf fungicide to come along in
9 years.
Winter injury does not appear to be serious at this time.
Holding off on the irrigation as long as possible was recom­
mended to allow the turf to toughen, especially poa annua.
This also encourages deeper root penetration to help prepare
the plants for summer stress. “ Spoon Feed” water when
necessary.
The amounts of new turf varieties is forever increasing.
This permits the selection of a grass that meets any number of
requirements. Care should be taken in selecting a new variety
because they are said to be “ regional grasses.” A look at new
varieties at local university field days should be helpful in
determining a particular varieties adaptability.
Penn Eagle, a new bent grass that is a five line cross is being
released. Seed availability this year appears to be question­
able. Penn Eagle is reported to look particularly good on
fairways. It also competes well with poa annua.
Should frost damage be a problem, the application of a
wetting agent in late fall was suggested. It seems the wetting
agents help to fight frost buildup on greens.
;
A new insecticide has been released. Its name is Ethoprop
and its chief advantage is its ability to penetrate through
thatch layers. Suggestions to improve the effectiveness of
insecticide applications targeted to soil born insects are to
water turf first, apply insecticide in evening, and then water
material in. With surface insects, don’t water first.
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MGCSA NEWS:

Our March meeting held at Westchester Hills Golf Club on
March 15th was well attended. Mr. Stanley Zontek, Eastern
Director of the U.S.G.A. Green Section gave an excellent pre­
sentation on “ What’s New for 1979.”
We would like to thank Steve Puvogel of Winged Foot
Golf Club for the following summary of Stan Zontek’s
presentation:
A new fungicide, RP 26019, has been released this spring

MGCSA President Bob Alonzi presenting Past Presidents
Plaque to Ted Horton.

Editorial Staff
Ted Horton, Co-Editor
Pat Lucas, Co-Editor

President

Office: 914-698-2827
Home: 914-937-3613
Office: 203-637-3210
Home: 203-637-3939

OFFICERS
Robert Alonzi, Burning Tree Country Club
Office 203-869-5779, Home 914-531-1930

Vice-President

Michael Maffei, Back of Beyond Golf Course
Office 914-279-7179, Home 914-279-7895

Secretary

Paul Caswell, Greenwich Country Club
Office 203-869-1000, Home 203-661-8949
Sherwood Moore, Woodway Country Club, Inc.
Office 203-329-8257, Home 203-322-0004

Treasurer

Not copyrighted. I f there is good here, we want to share it with
all chapters - unless author states otherwise.
Dennis Flynn reported that the Golden Lights Tournment
will be held at Wykagyl Country Club, May 29 through June
3rd. Dennis has arranged for M.G.C.S.A. members to be
admitted free with membership card.
At the Board of Directors meeting held at Westchester Hills
C.C. on March 14, 1979, Joseph Lack of Bruce Memorial
Golf Course was voted a Class A member. Ron Boydston,
Thomas Grywalski and Louis Santucci were voted Life
members.
Last month’s survey results concerning directions for Tee
to Green contents was disappointing. Many MGCSA
members failed to respond. Could it be that our publication is
so well written that no improvements or changes are
necessary? I don’t think so. On the brighter side, of the
MGCSA members who responded, most wanted to see more
articles on irrigation and local superintendent experiences, if
you have something you wish to share to benefit our associa­
tion, please jot it down and send it in.
This month’s survey will deal with the Canadian Geese
problem.
Every member of the MGCSA should be very proud of our
booth at the Westchester Lawn and Garden Show held at the
County Center March 16 - 18. The professionalism exhibited
at the booth certainly is an asset to MGCSA. Here is Peter
Rappoccio’s report:
The annual Westchester Lawn and Garden Show was held
March 16, 17, and 18, 1979, at the Westchester County
Center. Over 35 exhibitors participated in this years program.
Some of the exhibitors included, the Professional Grounds
Management Society, the Westchester County Extension
Service, New York Turf and Landscape Association, the
Wildcliff Museum, and many lawn and garden centers from
the Westchester area.
An educational program was included in this year’s show.

Films on vegetable gardening, pruning, planting and trans­
planting along with lectures on house plant care, care of
roses, home landscaping, preserving, canning and under­
ground sprinkler systems were available to those interested.
As we had in the past, M.G.C.S.A. placed a booth in this
year’s show. This year’s booth was co-chaired by Dennis
Flynn and Peter Rappoccio. The MGCSA’s booth consisted
of information for the homeowner on problems that may
arise in the home lawn. Thanks are to be given to O.M.
Scotts, Tuco, and Dupont, who provided educational
materials used in the display. Thanks should also be given to
Emanuel Shemin Nurseries who provided plant material used
to add color to the booth.
A big hit to all those who viewed the booth, was a small
putting green, complete with sand traps and a tough pin
placement.
Many thanks to Bob Alonzi, Mary and Mark Millett,
Sherwood Moore, Jim Kaczenski, Mike Caravella, Mike
Maffei, and Dennis Flynn, who helped tend the booth during
the 26 show hours.
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Mr. Bob Martin is the new County Agent in Westchester in
the position vacated by Tom Nally.
Please be sure to note that the program for our joint
meeting with LIGCSA will begin at 6 P.M. This format will
enable the meeting to be concluded immediately after dinner,
allowing everyone ample time to get home. Let’s be sure
MGCSA is well represented at this meeting.
At this writing (March 30) it appears that Mother Nature
has been good to us so far. Excellent drying weather with a
few nighttime showers to keep things moist. Look’s like we’re
off to a good start.
Pat Lucas

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The 66-slide set on diseases of turfgrass, compiled by Dr.
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this article to us.
Avoid the Temptation of Sand Topdressing
John R. Hall, III
Extension Specialist, Turf
Many golf course superintendents are observing with great
interest the experimental practice of frequent sand topdress­
ing of golf greens. The cheaper cost of straight sand topdress­
ing is certainly tempting when compared with some of our
more commonly used topdressing material. The choice of a
topdressing mixture is no less important to the quality of a
putting green than the choice of soil mixtures for new green
construction. Bad decisions in either instance can lead to golf
greens which are costly to manage at best or impossible to
keep alive in the summer, at worst. The most expensively con­
structed greens, utilizing mixes specified by laboratory tests
can be ruined by the improper choice of topdressing material.
Topdressing of bentgrass greens has as its primary function
the “ Truning” of greens by stabilizing the puffy thatch layer
that normally develops in a bentgrass turf. It has come to be
realized that topdressing also encourages stolon rooting aids,
in thatch decomposition, stimulates new shoot growth,
provides micro-organisms antagonistic to parasitic fungi and
provides nutrients to the turf. In winter overseeding of
bermuda it serves to improve seed-soil contact and enhance
germination. In vegetative establishment with stolons or
sprigs, it aids in rooting. In northern climates topdressing is
utilized to protect against winter dessication. In situations
where the existing greens soil is inadequate, frequent, heavy
topdressing is utilized to acturally “ rebuild” or modify the
existing golf green soil.
John Madison and William B. Davis of the University of
California have conducted topdressing research utilizing sand
materials common to the west coast and produced desirable
results. The University of California guidelines suggest utili­
zing sand materials common to the west coast and produced
desirable results. The University of California guidelines
suggest utilizing sand particles between 0.25 and 1.0 mm in

diameter and using 1/9 cubic yard of topdressing per 1000 sq.
ft. of green (about 1/30” thick) at each topdressing (1). Top­
dressing frequency is dependent upon the growth rate of the
bentgrass, but for calculation purposes, three week intervals
between topdressings appear to be normal in their region.
Pesticides, nutrients and bentgrass seed are added to the
topdressing as pressures dictate. The system is apparently
working well under California’s environmental conditions.
There are several areas of concern that come to mind when
one contemplates a change in topdressing mixtures from the
traditional sand-soil-peat or weblite-soil-peat to straight sand.
Some of the more obvious questions arise from our current
observation of sand-peat greens and from what we know to
be the characteristics of sand as a growing medium. We must
assume that the end result of long term use of the light, fre­
quent sand topdressing is a bentgrass green growing in a layer
of sand. Straight sand or sand-peat mixtures have been noted
to exhibit the following characteristics:
1. excessive water infiltration
2. excessive nutrient leaching
3. lower microbial activity
4. hydrophobic drying
5. lack of moisture reservoir
6. susceptibility to layering
Excessive water infiltration—The idea of improving water
infiltration rates with sand topdressing is valid but one must
ask where is the water going? If the 2 or 3 inch layer of sand is
finally achieved after 5 or 6 years of sand topdressing, it it
likely the rapidly infiltrating water is going to build up at the
interface between the newly applied sand and the old soil.
Will this zone become anaerobic causing death of roots in
midsummer? Obviously, this is not a problem in western
states where rainfall seldom exceeds 8 inches per year and
irrigation is the primary source of water. On the east coast,
however, we receive 40 to 55 inches of rainfall per year and it
often comes in excessive spurts. Our two most popular top­
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weblite-15% soil-20% peat) are providing infiltration rates
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tration that would come with a 3” layer of sand on top of an
existing greens mixture with a considerable slower infiltration
rate. Our excessive moisture is now moving off primarily as
surface drainage. In situations where surface drainage is
inadequate, sand topdressing is not going to solve the
problem.
Excessive nutrient leaching in the straight sand greens and
sand-peat greens is consistently necessitating higher nitrogen
and potassium fertilization levels except in those cases where
undecomposed organic matter is used and nitrogen is
released. Is building greens that require more nitrogen a move
in the right direction, if we consider current and future ferti­
lizer prices? The 1973-74 fertilizer-food shortage just gave us
a “ pre-shock” of things to come.
Lower microbial activity. Sand greens are likely to be less
active microbiologically than mixtures containing soil. It’s
possible that urea formaldehyde products will be utilized with
less efficiency on sand greens because of the requirements for
microbiological breakdown of urea formaldehyde to plant
utilizable nitrogen forms. Will thatch layers decompose
slower with sand topdressing than with a mixture containing
microbiologically active soil?
Hydrophobic drying has been a problem on some sand-peat
greens. The formation of water repelling organic layers on
sand particles in sand-peat mixes that have been allowed to
dry out have created considerable headaches. The rewetting

of these hydrophobic areas is extremely difficult and has led
to death of the bentgrass in some instances. Can we safely
assume this won’t happen in sand greens? It does not appear
to be happening in conventional sand-soil-peat greens.
A lack of moisture reservoir in sand and sand-peat greens is
a serious concern. Water delivery systems, as advanced as
they are, still leave a lot to be desired in a 3 to 5 MPH breeze.
With a sand or sand-peat green one literally has no margin of
error. The sand green requires constant “ babysitting” to
insure uniform distribution and continued replenishment of
the small moisture reservoir held by the sand.
Susceptibility to layering. Two things are certain—no two
golf course superintendents will run a golf course the same
way and very few will stay at any one golf course more than
20 years. This creates a potential for changes in topdressing
mixtures that could be lethal, especially if a sand topdressing
program has been used. If a new superintendent feels the sand
topdressed greens are too droughty and switches to any
topdressing that holds moisture under a greater tension than
the layer of topdressed sand, a false water table effect is
created. The new topdressing that holds more water at a
greater tension will not release it into the sand layer until
enough pressure (water) is present to release the water into the
larger pore spaces of the sand layer. This same problem could
arise on sand-peat greens where topdressing containing soil is
utilized. Percolation through this interface will likely get
worse with time as the soil topdressing layer gets thicker
because it will tend to retain more moisture and the false
water table depth will increase. Once the layer is deeper than
the aeration tines, the only sure solution is to rebuild the

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Obviously there are a lot of unanswered questions with
regard to the use of sand topdressing. Common sense tells us
that if you currently have a topdressing mixture that works—
don’t change. Once you switch to and topdressing, there is no
turning back without considerable cost—agronomically and
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Developing a topdressing mixture that has the right capil­
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retention, pH and bulk density is not an easy matter. It
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sand—but in the long run the cost of commercially prepared
topdressing is inexpensive when compared with the costs
associated with reconstructing a green or maintaining a green
that has been abused with bad topdressing practices.
Credit: Tech Turf Topics, VPI&SU, August 1978

Stan Zontek of USGA giving his presentation on
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REFERENCE: Madison, J.H. and Davis, William B., 1977. Problems or Progress. Tee 2
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