Golfdom, June 2014
plant health Part 2 of 3 Managing To help superintendents better manage extreme variations in weather conditions and temperatures BASF has released its most recent lineup of fungicides Lexicon Intrinsic and Xzemplar L ets face it Golf is an unpredictable game One moment you may be sinking every putt you look at and then for no reason your putter cools off as you struggle to even make a three footer The same can be said of the superintendent profession particularly concerning two ever changing variables weather conditions and temperatures One week as the result of a drought you may have to adjust the timing of your sprinkler systems and then suddenly the floodgates open forcing you to protect your course from excessive rain showers and saturation With regards to extreme variations in weather conditions and temperatures 2013 may have been the epitome at least in recent memory On one hand approximately 75 percent of the western United States experienced at least a moderate drought last summer according to the Climate Prediction Center On the other hand residents of the Northeastern Southeastern and Midwestern United States regularly encountered below average temperatures and steady rainfall In fact Atlanta reportedly had its fifth wettest year on record in 2013 according to The Atlanta Journal Constitution while Los Angeles documented its driest year since 1877 when rainfall was first tracked according to the Los Angeles Times Unfortunately the unpredictability in weather conditions and temperatures has continued this year with cities such as Chicago and Detroit reporting near record snow accumulation in January and February Since even short periods of mild stress can affect your turf quality what can you do to protect your course from Mother Natures volatility this summer How can you reduce the impact of extreme variations in weather shutterstock com kwest By Chris Lewis From left to right below Prestwick CC first 3 and Leewood GC 24 Golfdom June 2014 Golfdom com
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