Slides used for one my classes about golf course maintenance in a local college. Here I teach them (some students are non or new golfers) about relationship between golf and the grass.
Introduction to ArtificiaI Intelligence in Higher Education
Relationship of golf and grass
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5. Why good grass important
Why bad grass also important (in bad
way)
But why sometimes we make good grass
bad.
When do we do necessary evil to grass?
Who looks after the grass?
6. Golf is very dependent on a quality grass
surface.
three distinct conditions:
› the rough – the grass is generally much
longer, - may affect the flight of the ball
› the fairway – short and even, allowing the
player to cleanly strike the ball and
› the putting green – the shortest and most
even, ideally allowing the ball to roll
smoothly over the surface.
7. Half to Two-third of budget is golf course
maintenance.
Big clubhouse but bad course =
unhappy golfers and low golf
Small clubhouse but good course =
happy golfers and high traffic
8. Different grass has different requirements
Different clubs has different budgets
Different clubs has different grasses
Different clubs has different priorities.
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14. Golf course Maintenance Department
Head : Golf Course Superintendent
Technical work
Agriculture or horticulture knowledge
P&D
Agronomy
Mechanical knowledge
HR
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An 18 hole course : 10 to 40 staff
Ideal is 18 field and maybe 5 support staff
Nowadays highly mechanized
Due to design and better / cheaper
machinery
Higher level of staff (and salary) helps too.
Plus better chemicals : slow release fertilizer,
growth regulator, etc.
16. Don’t forget : grass is living thing
Good nutrients
Healthy air
Prevention better than cure
Humans exercise
Grass : aeration, release compaction,
vertical-cutting
17. Why good grass important
Why bad grass also important
Why sometimes we make good grass
bad.
When do we do necessary evil to the
grass?
Who looks after the grass?