Western  Views

Official  Publication  of the  W.M.G.C.S.A

July/August

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Fred  Pastoor,  C .G .C .S ...........................................................................President

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Chris  Fochtman,  C .G .C .S.........................................................Vice  President

Green  Ridge  Country  Club,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan 

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Paul  Schippers....................................................................Secretary  Treasurer

Moors  Country  Club,  Portage,  Michigan 

616/323-2680

Roger  Barton....................................................................................Past  President

Blythefield  Country  Club,  Belmont,  Michigan 

616/363-5945

Directors

Doug  Boyle
Oakland Hills  Country  Club,  Birmingham,  Ml 
313/644-3352

Bill  Fountain
Timber Ridge  Country  Club,  Lansing,  Ml 
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Bill  Madigan,  C.G.C.S.
Jackson  Country  Club,  Jackson,  Ml 
517/787-0651

Larry  Murphy
Pine  View Golf Club,  Three  Rivers,  Ml 
616/279-5131
Paul  Richter
Spring  Lake  C.C.,  Spring  Lake,  Ml 
616/842-4840

Harry  Schuemann,  C.G.C.S.
The  Highlands,  Grand Rapids,  Ml 
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Chairman-Advertising.......................................................................Paul  Richter
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PRESIDENT  S  MESSAGE

PROFESSIONALISM— this word seems to be coming up more and more in our business.

With all the new and changing rules and regulations coming down from the DNR, OSHA, 
EPA, etc. we as Turf Managers need to keep up on all the changes in our industry. It is our 
responsibility to know what they are and how we should comply to them.

Professionalism goes beyond keeping up on all of this. It also means improving our image 
over all.

It has come to the attention of the Board that we as Golf Course Superintendents are not 
always doing this. Calling in late for monthly meetings, not complying with requested dress 
codes,  and  leaving  meetings  before  or  during  talks  from  our  speakers  is  not  being 
professional  or projecting a professional  image.  It also puts added burdens on our host 
superintendents.

Let’s try to improve our image. We are no longer people who just cut and water the grass, 
but Professional Turf Managers.

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The Roster Book was late getting printed and mailed. 
Why?  Because many of the dues payments were slow in 
being paid. Our goal was to have the Roster printed in April, 
but 25% of the members had yet to pay their dues at that 
time. Anyway,  please be prompt with your payment.

Something  every  superintendent  can  do  to  help  our 
profession, is to educate your State Legislator. Mail them a 
copy  of the following  articles that focus  on  pesticide  and 
fertilizer’s  effect  on  groundwater.  The  articles  by  Dr.  H. 
Niemezyk,  February  1988;  Dr.  M.  Petrovich,  September 
1989; and by Coaen,  February 1990; all were published in 
Golf  Course  Management.  These  pieces  of  literature  all 
discuss how much pesticide and fertilizer doesn’t get into 
the groundwater. When the time arrives for the politicians 
to  vote  on  legislation  effecting  our  tools  (pesticide  and 
fertilizer), hopefully a knowledgable decision can be made. 
If we don’t inform them, who will?

Professionalism,  Professionalism.  And  look who is in 
Golf Course Management without a coat and tie on. Sorry! 
I wore one the day before the picture was taken. No excuse.

Best wishes to Jeff Carson and we wish him a speedy 

recovery and quick return to work.

What happened to the greenhouse effect?

Welcome  to  new  member  Brian  Larimer,  now  the 
superintendent at Pine View where our August meeting is 
to be held.

Any comments, questions, etc... please send them to:

Paul  Richter 
15784  Pruin St.

Spring  Lake,  Ml 49456

Remember,  Turf  Field  Day  is  August  30  at the  Hancock 
Center.  And  get  a  foursome  together  for  Golf  Day  on 
October 1  at The  Highlands in Grand  Rapids.

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PESTICIDE FATE IN TURF
By Dr. Bruce E. Branham 

Michigan State University 
East Lansing, Michigan

A  critical  issue  facing  agriculture  and  the  turfgrass 
industry is the fate of pesticides in our environment. In this 
context “fate" means the ultimate disposition of a pesticide 
after  it  has  been  applied.  Why  all  of  the  concern  about 
chemicals?  First,  use  of  pesticides  has  been  increasing 
steadily since the  1960’s.

Secondly,  the ability of scientists to detect pesticides 
has increased at least 1000 fold in the last ten years (i.e. in 
the  1970’s limits of detection were in the parts per million 
(PPM)  range;  currently  levels  of  detection  for  organic 
pesticides are in the parts per billion  (PPB)  range). There 
have been  many articles in the turf and agricultural  litera­
ture talking about parts per billion with the general thrust of 
the articles being that a part per billion is such a tiny amount 
it can’t hurt you.

As  an  example,  the  average  extra  strength  aspirin 
tablet contains 500 mg of aspirin per tablet.  Dissolving the 
entire tablet in I liter of water (16.8 ounces) would yield an 
aspirin concentration of 500PPM. To get an aspirin concen­
tration of 1  PPB would require us to dissolve only 1/500,000 
of  the  aspirin  tablet  in  one  liter  of water.  Thus,  a  1  PPB 
concentration  is  a very  small  amount of  a toxin,  but that 
does not mean it is harmless.

The USEPA has recently adjusted the maximum allow­
able concentration of lead (Pb) in drinking waterto 10 PPB. 
The  maximum  allowable  concentration  of atrazine  (com­
monly used corn herbicide) in drinking water is 10 PPB. A 
third  reason  pesticides  are  more  of  a  concern  is  that 
scientists  have  recently  begun  testing  ground  water  and 
have been finding pesticides with considerable regularity. 
Because ground water accounts for almost 50  percent of 
the drinking water supplies in the United States, protection 
of this source of fresh water is essential.

These three points have focused attention on the use 
of pesticides. A fourth  reason is an undeniable hysteria in 
the general  public over the use of pesticides. The level of 
risk associated with the use of pesticides is not commen­
surate  with  the  level  of  fear  of  pesticides  amongst  the 
general  public.  A recent article  in  Newsweek (Dangers in 
the Vegetable  Patch, Jan.  30,  1989,  p.  74-75) quoted  Dr. 
Richard Jackson,  Chairman of the American Academy of 
Pediatrics  Environmental  Hazards  Committee,  who  esti­
mated that for children between the ages 0-5,25 percent of 
them will eventually contract cancer. That would equate to 
4.5  million  cases  of  cancer  over  the  lifespan  of  these 
children.

Dr. Jackson then estimated that 5,000 of these cancers 
may be caused by pesticides. What is left unmentioned is 
that  scientists  (1)  estimate  that  at  least  75-80%  of  all 
cancers are caused by our environment. This would include 
such areas as diet, smoking, lack of exercise, exposure to 
carcinogens,  etc.  lising  the  75%  figure  then,  3.4  million 
cases of cancer are caused by our “environment” and are 
thus preventable. While I am not trying to minimize the grief 
that 5,000 cases of cancer would cause,  the preventable

cancers caused by pesticides as estimated by Dr. Jackson’s 
figures are less than two tenths of a percent. Our national 
energies  should  be  expended  in  those  areas  where  the 
bulk of cancers occurs.

Regardless of the  extent of the  risk caused  by  using 
pesticides,  it is  incumbent upon all who use pesticides to 
understand  the  processes  that  control  the  fate  of  these 
compounds in the environment.

Pesticide Fate Processes

Pesticide fate generally is concerned with the disposi­
tion  of  pesticides  after they  reach  the  soil surface.  Thus, 
spray drift is often omitted from discussions of pesticide fate 
because it is largely controlled by the type of sprayer used 
and  is  not  dependent  upon  the  physical  and  chemical 
proper ties of the individual pesticide molecule.

The  processes  affecting  pesticide  fate  can  generally 
be grouped into two categories— transformation and trans­
portation.  Transformation  results  in  the  alteration  of  the 
chemical  structure  of  the  pesticide.  This  is  generally  a 
desirable  process  since  most  organic  pesticides  used 
today are made less toxic or non-toxic by these processes.
Transportation  processes are  more  of a concern  be­
cause these fate processes often result in the movement of 
a pesticide away from the site of application. The transpor­
tation and transformation processes are displayed in Table 
1.  Each will be discussed individually.

The most important factor to consider in pesticide fate 
studies is leaching.  Leaching is the downward movement 
of pesticides through soil.  It is the process responsible for 
ground water contamination. A pesticide fate process that 
is  strongly  correlated,  in  fact  one  of  the  three  primary 
determinates of leaching,  is adsorption.  Adsorption is the 
physical binding of a pesticide to soil organic matter or clay, 
which are the primary adsorptive sites in soil.

Some pesticides are strongly adsorbed to soil, and this 
reduces their availability for leaching. Adsorption, or more 
accurately,  strength  of  adsorption,  plays  a critical  role  in 
determining  whether  a  pesticide  will  leach.  With  some 
exceptions,  most notably paraquat, which  because  it is a 
charged  organic  molecule,  is  essentially  irreversible 
adsorbed,  most  pesticides  will  slowly  leach  over  time. 
Thus, two other factors which are important in determining 
susceptibility to  leaching  are the  half-life of a pesticide  in 
soil and the water solubility of a pesticide.

Table 1:  Factors affecting  pesticide fate.

2)

1)  Transportation 

A) Leaching
B) Volatilization
C) Runoff
D) Spray Drift

Transformation
A)  Chemical Decomposition
B)  Chemical Degradation
C)  Plant Uptake
D)  Photodecomposition

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The  half-life  of  a  pesticide  is  the  time  needed  for  its 
concentration  to  reach  one-half  of  its  original  value.  If  a 
pesticide  has a half-life of 2 days, then at 2, 4 and 6 days 
after application,  its  concentration  in  soil will  be  1/2,  1/4, 
and 1 /8, respectively, of its initial concentration. A pesticide 
with a short half-life degrades rapidly and has little chance 
to leach.

“As a 

rule of thumb,  a half-life of 30 days or less 

should mean that leaching will not be a 

significant problem.

The  other factor to  be  considered  is water solubility. 
Most pesticides are organic molecules with varying degrees 
of  water  solubility.  For  example,  benefin  (Balan)  has  a 
reported water solubility of 0.1  PPM, while paraquat has a 
water  solubility  of  62,600  PPM.  If  an  herbicide  is  very 
slightly soluble in water, such as benefin, then its tendency 
to  leach  with  downward  moving  water will  be  very  much 
reduced. Generally,  any compound with a water solubility 
of less than 30 PPM would not be expected to leach readily.

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STRESS
by Peter
The Plain Truth

THE  PAIN was nearly unbearable.  I was hundreds of 
miles from home and my stomach felt as if it was being torn 
by a wild animal.  Fortunately, a doctor was nearby.

After an  examination,  he  diagnosed  my ailment as a 
peptic ulcer. More extensive tests revealed a spastic duo­
denum.

The doctor didn’t have to tell me that stress was a likely 
cause. I had long suspected that stresses were piling up too 
high.  But what could  I do about it?

Let’s face it, you and I live in a stress-filled world. There 
is  no  way  we  can  totally  avoid  the  myriad  pressures  we 
confront daily.  But we can do something about the source 
of our stress— ourselves.

That’s  right,  we,  or more  precisely,  the ways that we 
perceive ourselves and the world around us, are the causes 
of our own stress.

“Contrary  to  popular  belief,”  explains  Donald  A. 
Tubesing  in  Kicking  Your Stress Habits, “stress is not the 
pressure[s] from the outside.... Those are stressors. Your 
response to those situations constitutes stress.’’

I’m not saying that we should be able to take anything 
that comes our way and show no stress. The Creator did not 
make us with nerves of steel. Neither did he intend for us to 
live  in  a society that overtaxes our physical,  rational  and 
emotional  resources.

Nevertheless—with doctors linking stress to ailments 
ranging  from  heart disease to  allergies— most of  us can 
greatly  benefit  by  responding  to  stressors  with  as  little 
stress as possible.

Stressors can range from infrequent major tragedies— 
the death of a loved one, divorce, the loss of employment— 
to the minor daily irritants that can slowly wear us down over 
time.

How we interpret stressors determines whether we find 
them distressful. And “we learn to interpret our experiences 
very  early  in  life  .  .  .  from  our  parents,  our teachers,  our 
peers,”  says  Dr.  Tubesing  These  perceptions  become 
largely automatic,  habitual.

If our stressful reaction to life is... a habit, what can we 

do about it?

Robert S.  Eliot makes the answer clear in  Is  It Worth 
Dying For?: “Stress is only a burden when you respond to 
it with the feeling  that you  have  lost control.” The  stress- 
prone see stressors as threats to their control over life.

Here  are  some  of  the  more  common  reasons  we 
become  stressed  and  steps you  can take to  modify your 
stress-producing  reactions:

• Perfectionism: The perfectionist sees happenstance 
as a threat to control  and therefore pays overattention to 
details,  making sure he or she has left nothing to chance. 
He  or  she  will  write  a  wellworded  report,  edit  it  several 
times, distribute it and  read it through again for any minor 
punctuation  error.  The  perfectionist expects  nothing  less 
than a 100 percent performance from everybody.

should have done better,” or “I shouldn'thave 

Researchers believe that perfectionism often starts in 
childhood  when  parents  reward  a  child  with  love  and 
approval  only  for  outstanding  achievements  and  either 
ignore  the  child  or  react  with  disappointment  when  the 
child’s performance is less than  perfect.

The child soon associates mistakes with a loss of love 
and  acceptance  and  thinks  his  or  her value  lies  in  a job 
flawlessly done.

Perfectionists  also  overemphasize  “shoulds”  and 
“shouldn’ts.”  When  they  make  errors,  they  torture  them­
selves with “I 
made that mistake.”

They  overlook  the  value  of  the  mistake  as  an  aid to 
learning  how  to  avoid  repeating  the  error  in  the  future. 
Instead, they become stifled by regrets of the past.

Perfectionists are just as hard on others: “He 
known better than to make a blunder like that.”

have 

To  overcome  perfectionism,  observe  that  things  are 
not always either black or white, perfect or totally unaccept­
able—few  perfect  reports  have  ever  been  written;  few 
bathrooms have ever been cleaned to perfection. There is 
a flaw somewhere.

Expect  weaknesses  in  yourself  and  others,  break­
downs in equipment and delays in schedules. And expect 
these to surface at 
unexpected times!

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Next, start being less fussy. Choose some minor tasks 
and deliberately perform them quickly, without attention to 
detail. Also, make some snap decisions about minor mat­
ters.

Observe whether the results of these tasks and deci­
sions  are  significantly  worse  than  if  you  had  spent  more 
time on them.  You  probably will find they are not.

Keep  working  toward  more  spontaneity  in  your  life 
without, of course, becoming negligent or careless. At the 
same time, develop tolerance for your mistakes and those 
of others.

• Unrealistic self-image: Do you find yourself taking on 
jobs that turn  out to  be  nightmares?  It  could  be  that you 
have a distorted  image of yourself as someone who can 
successfully tackle any task.

People  who  are  experts  in  everything  exist  only  in 
fantasies.  You  are  asking  for  stress  if  you  stake  your 
livelihood or reputation on doing a job for which you don’t 
have the skills.

Another fantasy  many stressfilled  people  have  is be­
lieving they can take on  more work than they can realisti­
cally handle.  Learn to say no.

• Unwillingness to delegate: If you subscribe to the old 
adage,  “If you want something done  right, do it yourself,” 
you’re setting yourself up for stress. When too much work 
piles up, do not react by feeling you must control it alone.
Give part of the work to others. They may not do the job 
exactly  as  you  would,  but  their  results  will  still  likely  be 
acceptable.

• Excessive need for approval: The thinking goes like 
this: Even if I do a great job, people will still be disappointed 
in  me.

That’s a heavy burden no one can carry without burn­
ing  out.  According  to  the  Bible,  the  Israelites  became 
disappointed in God even after he miraculously parted the 
Red Sea (Ex.  14,  15:24,  16:3-8).  But God did  not give  up 
because they disappointed him.  Neither did Jesus Christ, 
many centuries later, become depressed when his follow­
ers  deserted  him  (John  6:66).  Nor  should  you  be  over­
whelmed when people are disappointed  in you.

• Disorganization: If, after you  have set realistic goals 
and delegated some duties, lack of time is still a stressor, 
you may be disorganized.  “Personal  management skills,” 
further  states  Dr.  Tubesing  “can  reduce  your  stress  by 
helping  you  learn  to  spend  your  time  and  energy  more 
efficiently.”

Sort through your work and prioritize your tasks on a list 
in order of importance.  Make sure the  most important get 
done.  Don’t get distracted with  nonessentials and trivia.

As you complete or eliminate each task, cross it off your 
list. This will help you see what you are accomplishing and 
prevent the stress that comes from feeling that your day is 
muddled and out of control.

“Increasing  evidence supports the thesis that friends  .  .  . 
play a vital role in keeping us healthy,” say Patricia Wuertzer 
and  Lucinda May in  Relax,  Recover.

Friends  can  help  carry  your  burdens,  make  you

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forget your troubles with their good cheer and encourage 
you with their love.  And friendships are two-way.

When friends unburden their troubles on you, they will 
take your mind off your own worries and help you develop 
compassion. You don’t lose control of your burdens in this 
exchange between friends, you  maintain  it.

•  Pursuing  happiness:  “Happiness,”  write  Robert  L. 
Woolfolk  and  Frank  C.  Richardson  in  Stress,  Sanity,  & 
Survival, “cannot be achieved when pursued as a goal.”

When we look for happiness, we worry that we may not 
gain it, become stressed by our inability to control this part 
of our lives and consequently find happiness elusive.

And  don’t  expect  to  attain  happiness  by  amassing 
wealth  or  possessions.  King  Solomon  of  Israel  was  the 
wisest man in the ancient world. He tried a little experiment: 
“Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them... And 
indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind” (Eccl. 2:10- 
11).

We are happy when we are absorbed in our activity and 
when we find something or someone other than ourselves 
to care about and believe in.

•  Worrying about the future:  It is wise to plan for the
about it. Jesus

future, but a waste of nervous energy to 
Christ taught:

“Which  of  you  by  worrying  can  add  one  cubit  to  his 
stature?...  Therefore  do  not  worry  about  tomorrow,  for 
tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the 
day is its own trouble” (Matt. 6:27, 34).

• Believing only in oneself: Stress-prone people would 
like to believe they alone should be able to control anything 
that can affect them. This is unrealistic. The truth is, we can 
control very little by ourselves alone.

We must learn to accept what we cannot control. The 
realization that there is a wise and loving, all-powerful God 
on whom we can rely in time of need is the greatest counter 
to stress-creating thoughts.

The  apostle  Paul  wrote:  “All  things,”  even  those  our 
human eyes and minds perceive as being out of our control 
and  about  to  lead  to  trouble,  “work  together for  good  to 
those who love God” (Rom. 8:28).

To those who rely on God, Jesus says:
“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as 
the  world  gives  do  I  give  to  you.  Let  not  your  heart  be 
troubled,  neither let it be afraid” (John  14:27)

Your Bible can tell you  more about how you can stop 

being your own worst enemy and find peace.

STRESS
SYMPTOMS

Some researchers say the likelihood of developing stress- 
induced illness is best determined when trained interviewers 
personally evaluate reactions to questions. Nevertheless, 
if you commonly experience one or more of the following, 
you  may be responding to life with too much stress:

□   Neck or lower back pain
□   Headaches
□   Nervous tics

—11—

□   Chronic pounding of the heart
□   High  blood  pressure  (this dangerous  condition  often 
has no symptoms, so have your blood pressure checked 
regularly)

□   Cramps  on  one  side  of  the  abdomen,  diarrhea  or 

constipation (symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome)

□   Stomach pain relieved by food or antacids (symptoms 

of peptic ulcer)

□   Frequent contagious diseases such as colds
□  

Irritability, inability to concentrate, accident proneness 
and other symptoms of muddled thinking
Insomnia

□  
□   Feeling that people keep letting you down
□   Decrease in sex urge, or impotence
□   Loss of interest in job,  hobbies,  life in general
□  

Increased use of alcohol, tranquilizers, amphetamines 
or tobacco

STRESS
CAUSES

Below is a list of the top 30 stress-causing events from the
Holmes-Rahe  Social  Readjustment  Rating  Scale.  For  a
more  complete  list  of  the  Holmes-Rahe  scale,  see  the
Journal  of Psychosomatic  Research,  Vol.  11,  1967,  pp.
213-218.

EVENT 
Death of spouse 
Divorce 
Marital Separation 
Jail term 
Death of close family member 
Personal injury or illness 
Marriage 
Fired at work 
Marital reconciliation 
Retirement 
Change in  health of family member 
Pregnancy 
Sex difficulties 
Gain of new family member 
Business readjustment 
Change in financial state 
Death of close friend 
Change to different time of work 
Increasing argument with spouse 
Large mortgage 
Foreclosure of mortgage or loan 
Change in job responsibilities 
Son or daughter leaving  home 
Trouble with in-laws 
Outstanding personal achievement 
Spouse begins or stops work 
Begin or end school 
Change in  living conditions 
Revision of personal  habits 
Trouble with boss 

SCALE OF IMPACT
100
73
65
63
63
53
50
47
45
45
44
40
39
39
39
38
37
36
35
31
30
29
29
29
28
26
26
25
24
23

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Fact Sheet

FINDING: Water is essential for the maintenance of all 
life. Thus, experts are increasingly worried about the con­
tinued supply of this resource in the future. Already periodic 
droughts and regional shortages cause planners to worry 
about supply issues. Many forecasters foresee more serious 
shortfalls in the future.

For the  most  part,  golf  courses  are  efficient  users  of 
water.  The  professionals  who  care  for  the  nation’s  golf 
courses recognize the potential dangers of water shortages 
and have already started conservation efforts. Techniques 
have  been  adopted  to  decrease  demand  for freshwater, 
and the future  promises to  bring  even  more  advances to 
save this resource.

NET WATER USE: Golf courses are important sources 
of recharge of rainfall  and snowmelt to groundwater sup­
plies.  For example, open, grassy areas are approximately 
90% pervious to rainwater, whereas residential areas are 
only 20% pervious.

Even  assuming  a 50%  rate  of  evaporation,  a typical 
golf  course  in  Westchester  County,  New  York,  provides 
seven times as much groundwater recharge as it consumes 
for irrigation purposes.  By providing an open “green belt,” 
a golf course is actually a net water suppliertothecommunity.
EFFLUENT WASTEWATER: An estimated 10 percent 
of the golf courses in the United States have already started 
using  effluent  wastewater  for  irrigation  needs.  Because 
recreational  users  are  generally  low-priority  recipients  of 
potable water,  reclaimed water is a  real  panacea for golf 
courses. Use is especially high in hot and arid regions like 
Arizona,  Florida and California.  It is anticipated that nearly 
all desert courses will be irrigated with effluent by the year 
2007.

Effluent  water  is  high  in  nutrients  like  nitrogen  and 
phosphorus, which means that professionals can use less 
chemical  fertilizers.  Moreover,  reclaimed  water  cannot 
currently  be  returned  to  municipal  water  supplies,  and 
federal regulations make it difficult to release it into streams, 
lakes or oceans. Thus, turfgrass use helps dispose of this 
water. Obviously, turfgrass use of wastewater is safer than 
use of effluent to irrigation food crops.

TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS: Many technological 
advances promise to reduce golf course demand for water. 
Indeed,  some  have already been adopted  by superinten­
dents.  For instance, a new low pressure irrigation system, 
combined with computer controls,  is being used on some 
golf  courses,  including  one  in  the  Southern  California 
desert.  That  course  achieved  a  25  percent  reduction  in 
water use.  Additionally,  the  new technology substantially 
reduced the need for fertilizers and other chemicals.

Still  other  courses  are  beginning  to  apply  improved 
climatological  information  to  irrigation  problems.  Using 
data  about  evaporation  and  transpiration— known  as 
“évapotranspiration” or ET—turf specialists can achieve 20 
to 40 percent reductions  in water demand,  depending on 
the  season.  More  savings  are  achievable  during  warm 
seasons than  in  cool. The  National Weather Service pro­
vides ET data.

—13—

Turfgrass research and development can also lead to 
reduced water needs. In particular, drought resistant strains 
can  be  developed  that  will  require  less  water.  A  jointly 
operated research  program by the GCSAA and  U.S. Golf 
Association  provides funds for scientists to  develop  new 
turfgrass strains. The ultimate goal of the program “is a 50 
percent reduction in water use”. Scientists also seek ways 
to decrease compaction of the soil, a condition that i ncreases 
the need for irrigation.

EROSION  CONTROL  AND  WATER  SUPPLY:  Soil 
erosion causes sedimentation of the nation’s lakes, rivers 
and streams, thus effectively limiting supply of clean water. 
Since turfgrass prevents soil erosion, golf courses indirectly 
assure a continued supply of fresh water.

According  to  the  scientific  evidence,  land  planted  in 
grass erodes at a rate far less than soil planted in agricultural 
crops.  Indeed,  corn  erodes  668  times  more  topsoil,  and 
wheat 84 times as much. Construction is even more devas­
tating  to  soil,  often  causing  the  equivalent  of  a decade’s 
erosion in a single year. Thus, alternative projects such as 
shopping  malls  or  housing  developments  cause  much 
more erosion than does a golf course.

Golf course ponds also combat the harms of erosion by 
serving  “as  a  reservoir  for  storm  water  drainage.”  Pond 
water additionally creates a “supply of irrigation water that 
the superintendent can use at his discretion.” Thus, ponds 
on golf courses can  reduce the  need to compete  against 
other users of a community’s water supply.

CONCLUSIONS: Golf course superintendents recog­
nize the potential importance of water supply issues in the 
future.  Many  have  already  started  to  adopt  means  to 
conserve water today.  Various techniques have been de­
veloped that can reduce demand for water by 25 percent or 
more.  Other projects are in the  research stage and could 
achieve even greater water savings.

WATER  USAGE

The  average  American  uses  1,800  gallons  of 

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Per person:

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Shower:  5  gallons/minute
Cooking:  8  gallons
Toilet  Flushing:  3  gallons
Lawn  Sprinkling:  8  gallons/8,000  wq.  ft.
(a  median  sized  lawn  =  7,000  sq.  ft.) 

Indirect  Use—92?daily  use 
Per person:

Sunday  paper:  280  gallons 
One  pound  aluminum:  1,000  gallons 
One  automobile:  100,000  gallons 
1  egg:  40  gallons 
1  ear  corn:  80  gallons 
1  loaf  bread:  150  gallons 
1  gallon  whiskey:  230  gallons 
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The Pryor Report

It can  be a real zoo out there—

Working with people is often more demanding than lion 
taming.  Perhaps  that’s  because there’s  an  animal  inside 
many of us, suggest Frances Norwood and Annette Nunez, 
professors at the  University of Southwestern  Louisiana.

They use animals to describe traits of difficult people 

and then suggest ways to “tame” them.

BULLS.They come out charging,  attacking the other per­
son,  usually  because  they  feel  frustrated.  Because  they 
feel  their victims  are  inferior,  they  believe  they  have tre­
mendous power and often act abusive, abrupt and intimi­
dating.
To manage Bulls:
1.  Let them speak for a while to let off steam.
2.  Sit or stand deliberately and dramatically to get their 

attention.

3.  Call them by name and maintain eye contact.
4.  Ask them to have a seat.
5.  Present your ideas forcefully.
6.  Refuse to argue.
7.  Be as friendly as possible.

SNAKES.  They  enjoy  blending  in  with  the  surroundings 
and striking suddenly when their victims least expect it. 
To manage Snakes:
1.  Bring problems out into the open.
2. 
3.  Smoke  out  hidden  problems  through  surveys,  sug­

Involve the group.

gestion boxes, etc.

CHEETAHS. They burst forth in sudden temper displays (a 
tactic learned early in life to cope with fear and helplessness), 
as an automatic response to threat.
To manage Cheetahs:
1.  Sincerely try to alleviate their fears.
2.  Help them  regain confidence and control.
3.  Talk with them privately.

“MACAW” PARROTS. They talk and chatter sometimes 
sense,  sometimes  nonsense.  They  feel  powerless  and 
think  others  should  behave  in  certain  ways,  and  they 
complain when they don’t.
To manage”Macaws”:
1.  Give them your full attention and maintain eye contact— 

so they’ll feel  important.
If  they  have  a  complaint,  don’t jump  to  conclusions 
before you  hear the matter out.

2. 

3.  Ask for facts, and get the complaint in writing.

OSTRICHES. They stick their heads in the sand, handling 
painful situations in noncommittal ways. They tend to avoid 
other people and themselves.
To manage Ostriches:
1.  Use  questions  to  get  them  to  talk.  Don’t  fill  in  the 

silences.

—16—

2.  Summarize what they say, ending the summary with an 

open ended sentence.

3.  Listen attentively when they talk. End the discussion if 

they clam  up, but set up another appointment.

CUBS. They are humorous, friendly and cooperative. They 
agree, whether or not that’s what they truly think.  Needing 
to be liked leads them to  make unrealistic commitments. 
To manage Cubs:
1.  Let them know they can be honest.
2.  Compliment them.
3.  When  you  suspect  their  commitments,  say,  “I  don’t 
think I could do that in the time you’ve allotted. When 
I did that it took me more time.”

4.  Look for true feelings in their humor.

HYENAS. They “chill out” people’s positive feelings. They 
lack faith on other people and wilt them with sarcasm and 
doubts.
To manage Hyenas:
1.  When they predict failure, ask: “What’s the worst thing 

that can happen?”

2.  Make positive statements about past successes.
3.  Show your determination to take action and succeed.

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To manage Rhinoceroses:
1.  Be  certain  your  facts  are  correct  when  you  present 

ideas to them.

2.  Repeat what they say to avoid their overexplanation.
3.  Use questions when you express disagreement.

PEACOCKS.  They  pretend  to  be  experts,  but  aren’t,  so 
often give wrong or partially correct advice.
To manage Peacocks:
1.  Let them  maintain their dignity,  but don’t rely on their 

information.

2.  Remind them of facts diplomatically.

TURKEYS.  They can’t  make  a decision.  They’re  usually 
nice, but hope most situations will resolve themselves or be 
forgotten before they must decide.
To manage Turkeys:
1.  Talk through the decision-making process step-by- 

step.

2.  Listen carefully to identify their fears.
3.  Show why ideas or proposals are worthwhile.
4.  Emphasize the need to be decisive.

BEAVERS. They are hardworking and proficient but they 
arouse other employees’ jealousy and suspicion.

They often are underpaid because they don’t demand 
more,  or are  bypassed for promotion to keep them doing 
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To manage Beavers:
1.  Don’t exploit them,  and don’t make them favorites.
2.  Advise them to channel some energy into developing 

better relationships with fellow employees.

SUGGESTION:  Recognize  your  co-workers’  animal 
types-and your own. Of course, no one is an animal all 
the  time-it’s  stressful  situations  that  bring  out  the 
beast in us.

GOLF COURSES SHOW 

STRONG COMPLIANCE WITH 
PESTICIDE REGULATIONS
Of the  1,157  superintendents  who  responded  to 
the GCSAA survey,  1,061, or about 92 percent, hold valid 
pesticide applicator licenses for the state where they work. 
Another five percent who are not licensed themselves have 
someone on their staff who is licensed.

Certification  for  pesticide  application  is  done  in 
compliance  with  the  Federal  Insecticide,  Fungicide  and 
Rodenticide  Act  (FIFRA).  Section  3  of  FIFRA states that 
any  pesticide  classified  by  the  Environmental  Protection 
Agency (EPA) “for restricted use only” must be applied by 
or under the direct supervision of a certified applicator. It is 
up to each state to implement its own certification guideline 
and programs as long as they comply with  FIFRA.

“The  importance  of  training  and  certification  to 
individual communities really ties in to the concept of Think 
globally — act locally?,” said Akins.  “The survey showed 
that  individual  superintendents  take  seriously  their  com­
mitment to the environment and are working hard in com­
munities throughout the  U.S.  to  make  sure  that their op­
erations are as safe as possible.”

About 97 percent of U.S. golf courses that employ 
members of the Golf Course Superintendents Association 
of America (GCSM)  have at  least one  licensed  pesticide 
applicator  on  staff,  according  to  the  findings  of  a  recent 
survey.

To address concerns about pesticide use, GCSM 
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compliance  with  federal  and  state  pesticide  applicator 
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Supers Crossword

by Mike Schindbeck, Asst.  Supt.  Spring  Lake C.C.

Across
1.  Rusty golfers need this
5.  Black golfer Jim_____
10.  Lanny's Init.
11  Mr. Player 
13.  Push cutting unit
16.  Mr. Bean's init.
17.  Legend Ben
18.  Rage
19.  Mr. North
22.  Position of the ball
23.  Fuzzy_____
25.  Mr. Couples
27.  One under the hole's par
28.  Mr. Hammond's init.
29.  Grass becomes limp
32.  Mr. Strange's init.
33.  ____ Maxfli
37.  Mr.Kite
42.  Mr. Archer
43.  Between tee and green
44. Arnie's_____
46.  Mr. Hogan's init.
49.  ____ Open, Potomac, MD
52.  Lee Super_____Trevino
53.  Minus score,_____ par
56.  Ladies' tour host Dinah
57.  Shift to high
60.  Lady golfer Little
61.  Golf apparel (head)
62.  Reserve a tee-off
64.  Ladies' tee mark color
66.  Lady golfer Ertll
67.  Hold firmly 
69.  Shaft
71.  Mr. Watson's init.
72.  What each swing counts
73.  Mr. Irwin's init.
74.  Bunker 
78.  Whirl
80.  Mr. Beck's init.
81.  Men's tour governiung 
body
82.  Mr. Ballesteros
83.  Turn

47.  Lady golfer Sheehan's init.
48.  Golf's "Beware"
50.  Tourney at Augusta
51.  Mr. Floyd's init.
54.  Putts last
55. Social engagement
58.  Branch
59.  Walter_____
60.  Golf apparel
63.  8-_____Scramble
65.  Tim Conway & Friends on golf
66.  Actual low score each  indiv. hole 
68.  Mr. Woosnan's init.
70.  _____Chi Rodriguez
71.  Player's tournament init.
75.  Hole-in-one
76.  Mis-hit
77.  Rolled past the hole 
79.  Mr. Jacobsen's init.

init. = initials 
_____= fill in theblank

Down
1.  Mr. Stewart
2.  Approach
3.  Golf brand_____D.T.
4.  Golf vehivle
5.  _____Open, Miami
6.  Lady golfer Lopez init.
7.  Golfer Bob_____
8.  Two underhole's par
9.  Mower brand
11.  E-Z_____cart's
12.  Golfer Mike
14.  Gofler Larry
15.  Unwanted plant
20.  Recent
21.  Opening shot maker 
24.  Mr. Hinkle's init.
26.  Outside fairway
27.  Mr. Charles' init.
30.  Mr. Jacklin
31.  Ladies'Tour,  init.
34.  Compass point, init. 
36.  Official ruling, init.
38.  Legend's_____golf
39.  Coin used on green
41.  Golfer Jerry_____
44.  To point or direct
45.  Dunlop_____
46.  Lady golfer Laura___

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SHELLCRACKERS 

KEEP  THE  GEESE  AWAY

by Kevin  Czerkies,  Supt. 
Sportsman’s  Country  Club

The  first  week  my  staff  and  I  fired  nearly  500 
shellcrackers. Within one week period we had completely 
rid  Sportsman’s  of  geese.

Now,  whenever any geese  land  on  the  golf course, 
a single shot clears the course again.  The geese  are so 
spooked that,  quite often,  they fly away  before  I  can get 
a  shot  off.

It took a lot of time and effort to get this program im­

plemented,  but  it’s  a solution  that  works.

Feel  free  to  contact  me  if  you  have  any  questions.

Once again the topic of geese came up at the March 
MAGCS meeting. Like many courses,  I  had my fair share 
of them. My biggest problem with the geese was the drop­
pings  they  left  behind.

I had heard that Dave Beno at Bonnie Brook and Paul 
Bastron  at  Glen  Flora  were  successfully  scaring  their 
geese  away with  the  help  of  shellcrackers.  I  decided  to 
give  it  a  try.

Shellcrackers are a class “ C” explosive that sounds 
like a gunshot when they explode.  They are considered 
somewhat like fireworks; therefore,  I  needed written per­
mission  from  the  village  of  Northbrook  and  the  police 
department  before  I  could  legally  purchase  them.

I  ordered  600  shellcrackers  and  purchased  a  12 
gauge flare gun. The flare gun  needed to be reamed out 
slightly  to  hold  the  shellcrackers.

Before  I  could  begin  firing  shellcrackers,  the  North­
brook police asked that I notify all neighbors that bordered 
Sportsman’s.  I  drafted a letter explaining our intentions, 
and  had  two of  my employees  distribute  copies to each 
house.

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ITS THE LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT

by Dennis Lyon,  CGCS 

Immediate Past President, GCSAA

The Maintenance and management of that tract of land 
known as a golf course  requires an  intriguing blend of art 
and  science.  The  scientific aspects of the  profession  are 
obvious. Golf course superintendents,  by necessity,  must 
have an aptitude for science. We are concerned with such 
things as pH, évapotranspiration, cation exchange capacity, 
percolation,  allelopathy,  volatilization,  synergism,  etc. 
However,  the  scientific  aspect  of the  business  is  not the 
subject  here.  Rather,  we  are  concerned  with  the  “art”  of 
professional golf course maintenance and management.
Besides growing good turfgrass, what is involved in the 
art of golf course maintenance?  It is my opinion that good 
turf, good golf,  and a good time on the links involve more 
than a superintendent’s scientific expertise. The scenario 
also requires the superintendent’s artistic understanding of 
the dynamic blend between the game, its beloved playing 
field, and the golfer.

There are many ways to approach the art of golf course 
management, and I shall touch on only a small part of the 
artisan  approach  to  golf  course  maintenance,  call  it  the 
“little things.” In reality, it truly is the little things that count. 
It  is  all  the  pieces  which  mesh  together  in  near  perfect 
harmony to produce a great golf experience.

During  my  18  years  in  this  business,  there  is  one 
observation I have seen repeated many times: Golfers are 
simultaneously  understanding,  yet  cynical  and  forgiving, 
yet critical beyond description.

I have, for example, during the process of construction 
and renovation, relegated a golf course to a near unplayable 
status without complaint. At Aurora Hills (Colo.) Golf Course, 
in 1985,1 had a contractor install eight miles of drainage to 
a  depth  of  between  four  and  eight  feet  throughout  the 
course.  The  course  was  never closed.  I  have  converted 
manual  irrigation  systems  to  automatic,  with  pipe  and 
trenches  everywhere,  and  only  received  comments  of 
encouragement  from  the  golfers.  I’ve  built  greens,  dug 
ponds,  buried  equipment,  turned  fairways  into  mud,  and 
every  other  disruptive  activity  imaginable  with  hardly  a 
whimper of dissatisfaction from the golfers. As long as they 
understood  in  advance why we were doing the work and 
what they could expect on the course when they played, the 
golfers understood.

However, let the tissue run out in the ladies’ restroom, 
or provide ball washers with no water, or leave litter in the 
parking lot, or forget to mow a green, or place the pin in a 
seven-putt location, and the phone rings off the wall. Why? 
If the golfer feels or perceives the superintendent is working 
to improve the course, there’s no problem. If, however, the 
golfer  perceives  that  the  superintendent  is  not  paying 
attention  to details and taking  care of the  little things,  he 
becomes  irate.  To  ignore  the  little  things,  even  while 
concentrating on the “Big picture” agronomic aspects of turf 
management,  is  to  communicate  to  the  golfers  that  the 
Superintendent  is  not  a  good  manager  or  else  he/she 
simply does not care about the golfer.

What are these  little things that  mean  so much? The 

following  is a short list of items which come to mind:

1.  A clean golf car.
2.  A properly marked golf course.
3.  Putting cups at the proper depth without a mound 

one inch all around.

4.  No bird baths in the bunkers.
5.  Bunker rakes which aren’t broken and have painted 

handles.

6.  Clean tee towels.
7.  A friendly wave from a maintenance employee.
8.  Soap and water in the ball washers.
9.  Green flags that are not at half mast.
10.  Maintenance employees who are clean and neat.
11.  A clean maintenance area, rather than some place 
that looks like a cross between a junk yard and a 
landfill.

12.  Clippings removed from tees.
13.  Clean restrooms.
14.  No cigarette butts around tee boxes.
15.  Properly adjusted  mowers.
16.  Drinking water on the course.
17.  Ground-under-repair areas marked accordingly.
18.  Advance notice of maintenance activities.
19.  Maintenance employees who know when to mow 

and when to move out of the way.
20.  Edges of bunkers clearly defined.

This list of 20 is just a start.  Every golfer can come up 
with a different list. The message is,  Don’t get caught not 
being able to “see the golf course for the grass.” Great golf 
turf only gets you in the race; it's the little things in addition 
to great turf that guarantee the prize.

In  keeping with the  rule of semantics, that everything 
can never be said about anything, I would like to stress one 
final point about the little things. This point is about the little 
things in life. I shall refer to these little things as the building 
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reflect on our life’s accomplishments. There is no question 
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that we made a contribution to the game and to our profession. Thousands 
of golfers will  have traversed our turf and gone home satisfied,  anxiously 
planning  to  return  another  day.  But  what  about  the  superintendent  as 
greenkeeper, equipment manager, agronomist, administrator, supervisor, 
et al? We are not one dimensional. What about the superintendent as hus­
band,  father,  boy  scout  leader,  coach,  PTA  member,  and  so  on?

To  me,  it seems we  sometimes expect so much  of ourselves  in  our 
jobs  that  we  can  lose  sight  of  what  life  is  all  about.  Sometimes  club 
members expect to see the superintendent every Saturday and every Sun­
day morning. Sometimes superintendents can never leave the golf course 
in the summer; not for a week, a weekend, or even a full day. Are we truly 
so important that we can’t train  an  assistant or crew  member to  identify 
pythium,  or that we  can’t tell the green  chairman we  are taking the  kids 
to  the  mountains  or  beach  for  a  week?

The stark reality of life’s priorities became apparent to me three years 
ago, when the car in which my son, a high school junior, had always gone 
to  lunch  in,  was  involved  in  an  accident.  He was  not  in  that  car on  this 
particular  day,  but  the  two  girls  who  were  had  to  be  freed  from  the 
wreckage by the Jaws of Life and transported to a hopsital by helicopter.
Yes,  it  really  is  the  little  things  that  count.  Mine  came  in  packages 
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Hey,  Mr.  Greenskeeper 
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Youi  There
Keep  The  Bathroom  Clean
Set The  Course  Up 
Mow The  Collars And  Tees 
Get The  Weedeaters 
Trim  Around The  Trees
Go  Roll  The  Tennis  Courts 
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When  Golfers  Come  In  View
Scenery  Is  Important 
As The  Golfer Starts  To  Play 
Lovely  Surroundings 
Will  Brighten  Up The  Day
The  Men  Work  Hard 
They  Keep  On  Their Toes 
Trying  To  Make  A  Living 
Though  The Wages Are  Low
When  The Work’s  Done 
Deep  Satisfaction 
Greens  Look  Great 
It  Took Action
It’s A  Land  Of  Beauty 
Where  The  Grass  Is  Green 
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