Golf Course Maintenance and Turf Agronomy: New Golf Courses
Build it right and enjoy the results.
The process of building a golf course is an exciting time in the life of any golf facility. It is filled with anticipation and enthusiasm. But it is a critical time, for what is done or not done will dictate the overall results of the project.
During the building of a golf course, there are many aspects of the construction that affect turf quality and course maintenance after the course is completed. This is why it’s imperative to have an experienced Golf Course Agronomist involved early and with every phase of the project.
Such tasks as choosing the right grass, when to seed, what bunker sand to use and choosing the correct greens-mix all seem fairly straightforward. But, all of these decisions take specialized technical knowledge and years of experience to know what will or not happen.
Below is a sampling of the needed expertise:
- Audubon International certification
- Bunker sand: analyze possible sources
- Bunker sand: quality control during handling and delivery
- Drainage needs
- Fertigation
- Grassing: pre-plant fertilizer and amendments
- Grassing: proper selection for area and needs
- Grassing: rates
- Grassing: seed or sod
- Grassing: timing of
- Greens-mix: analyze possible sources
- Greens-mix: peat mixture
- Greens-mix: quality control during handling and delivery
- Grow-in
- Integrated Pest Management
- Irrigation: field staking
- Irrigation: product selection
- Irrigation: programming
- Irrigation: pump station(s)
- Irrigation: value engineering
- Maintenance building: provide conceptual design
- Maintenance equipment: needs
- Maintenance equipment: selection
- Maintenance Plan
- Soil testing
- Superintendent: search and hiring
- Topsoil
- Transition from grow-in to operations
- Water testing
- Water: evaluate needs and sources
Please refer to our Project Development page to understand the benefits that we can provide to make your golf course construction beneficial.
Our What Do You Think? page asks questions that are helpful during golf course construction and to get an understanding of how you think compared to others.
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