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Originally Posted by BrianL99
Any idiot can manage turf conditions, with unlimited water availability, but unlimited water usage is a vestige of the old days. Any dope can manage a golf course conditions, when the weather is perfect for growing. When you hire amateurs to manage your turf, you get what's going on in TV right now. When you have a captive audience who will pay for mud greens, why spend the money to hire professionals?
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Originally Posted by bdeminico
Pretty strong words you use. I agree the course's greens are in poor condition, but my question to you is, were you the Golf Course Manager or the USGA certified Golf Course Superintendent? If you answered yes to the Superintendent, than you must be right. If you were the Manager, you should do more homework before calling people idiots or dopes. There is WAY MORE to it besides water.
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Which is exactly what I said. There's way more to it, than simply water. There are ways to deal with less than optimal water availability conditions.
The majority of Villages Championship Courses, are in abysmal condition. One need only play GlenView or TDS (& possibly Lopez, but I don't play it) to see the difference in turf management practices from course to course.
Same weather everywhere. The 2 variables are water availability and competency of staff and/or budget.
Look at the issues logically. The conditions at the courses other than GlenView & TDS, have deteriorate every year I've been here and according to most posters, conditions have been declining for at least the last 5-6 years. The weather hasn't significantly changed over the last 5-10 years, so what's left to blame it on?
Turf management practices is the only thing I can think of. One could blame the deterioration of conditions on "increased play", but inherent with increased play, is increased revenue. You get more play, you get more money to maintain the turf ... unless of course, you take all that increased revenue as profits and don't increase your turf maintenance budget.