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8.13 Turfgrass Management <br /> Goals: <br /> • To reduce off-site transport of pesticides, nutrients, and sediment through a Best <br /> Management Practices (BMP) by use of integrated pest management (IPM). <br /> • To reduce the amount of water used on the course compared to what traditionally has <br /> been used on golf courses. <br /> Objectives: <br /> • To reduce pesticide use by maintaining healthy fairway turfgrasses and long <br /> rough/bunchgrasses that will act as a filter trap for chemicals commonly used on the <br /> golf course. <br /> • To use composting as a means of biologically degrading clippings from the golf <br /> course. <br /> Potential pollution of both surface and ground water with nutrients and pesticides used in <br /> golf courses is an environmental issue that has become increasingly important in the last <br /> several years. And with increasing demands on scarce water resources, golf courses in <br /> the and West need to reduce water use. This section on turfgrass management draws <br /> heavily on the recent book by Balough and Walker(1992) and other recent sources (Cohen, <br /> 1990; Cooper, 1990; Watschke, 1990). <br /> Several kinds of turfgrass areas are defined within the golf course: rough,fairway, tees, <br /> and putting greens. These different zones of turfgrass correspond to the degrees of <br /> management intensity. Maintenance of golf course turfgrass decreases from putting <br /> greens, tees, fairways, to the rough. The proportion of turfgrass subjected to intensive <br /> management of green and tee areas is about 6% of the total turfgrass area (Balough and <br /> Buckeye Ranch Resource Plan (November, 1993) <br /> 225 <br />