| 1 |
Maintaining turf health with the pressure for fast greens speeds. |
| 2 |
newer lightweight and environmentally friendlier rollers mowers. |
| 3 |
Poa seed head management and salt build-up |
| 4 |
Maintaing the same inputs with fewer resources, both money and plan protectant products |
| 5 |
Water quality. Our course is in a part of the country with scarce water supplies. |
| 6 |
Getting a better handle on preventative measures to reduce disease
incidence and improve putting surfaces all year around.
We are working toward this goal and with 65,000 rounds/year it is one
that seems to be coming closer to reality for us and one that is
necessary. |
| 7 |
Fertilizer regulation. Not impossible but will change what we currently do. |
| 8 |
Age of greens, lack of money to replace them |
| 9 |
Probably more rolling and maybe not as much mowing if rolling is used in its place.
(providing we can purchase a roller) |
| 10 |
Poa annua encroachment. Why? Because it is a weed! |
| 11 |
Hopefully not the same nematode pressure we face now! |
| 12 |
People. No amigos e verify. |
| 13 |
Expectations - With revenue down and expectations still high, superintendents have to reallocate their budgets accordingly. |
| 14 |
Diseases |
| 15 |
The weather, 2010 and 11 showed us what extreme heat can do. |
| 16 |
thatch and reduced fertilization |
| 17 |
It would appear that our weather cycles are becoming much more
extreme and generally warmer (global warming). In my area of the
transition zone we have had 3 consecutive poor growing seasons and 2012
is starting off very challenging as well. If this trend continues our
margin for error will continue to decrease and putting green management
will have to be adjusted to compensate. Transition zone greens
management will begin to look like current southeaster greens management
and the southeast may have to speed the trend back to warm season turf
on greens. |
| 18 |
Would like to purchase a roller and mow less often. |
| 19 |
new diseases. They will probably need different chemistries of pesticides to control them. |
| 20 |
Probably Poa in our overseed during the winter... because of
severe budget cuts, we aren't using any preemergents on, or around the
greens. |
| 21 |
Expectations. More for less. Environmental regulations. Chemical reduction. Water restrictions, quality and quantity. |
| 22 |
Poa control/management. |
| 23 |
Thatch, uldra dwarfs are large thatch producers. |
| 24 |
Organic matter management. That is the number one cause of greens failure. |
| 25 |
Controlling new diseases as well as the usual ones. |
| 26 |
sustainability |
| 27 |
Management of the organic matter accumulation |
| 28 |
Disease pressure and fungicide resistance already being seen in
some fungi to available pesticides, because tolerance to cosmetic issues
on greens is very little now and will only get worse. |
| 29 |
green speeds because we have bent/poa greens and the lower mow is putting stress on the grass |
| 30 |
Water quality |
| 31 |
Poa has started to take over. so the transition will be the biggest challenge. |
| 32 |
Disease adaptation and fungicide resistance |
| 33 |
Organic matter accumulation holding moisture longer than necessary in July and August. |
| 34 |
The control of Poa annua will take a significant turn for the good with new products entering the market. |
| 35 |
Time of day mowing during certain times of year to get more improved cuts when conditions are dryer. |
| 36 |
Water resources |
| 37 |
Keeping Poa Annua under control. |
| 38 |
loss of fungicides to manage disease pressure and public need or demand for green speed |
| 39 |
less money to work with. |
| 40 |
The amount of money spent on maintanance and our ability to meet the customer's expectation. |
| 41 |
Fertility and chemical restrictions, due to regulations |
| 42 |
More intense disease pressure or new turf diseases. We, as an
idustry, are pushing greens to the edge. Anthracnose wasn't a big deal
ten years ago. |
| 43 |
same as now - budgets and golfer expectations - it's hard to
predict what will happen - will golfers be prepared to lower their
expectations to reduce costs and stress on the turf |
| 44 |
Nematode control. Because Nemacur is no longer on the market and
companies are still in experimental stages with products which most golf
courses are forced to use even though we do not know how well they
work. |
| 45 |
Cultivation practices |
| 46 |
Organic matter accumulation. |
| 47 |
WATER USEAGE. WATER HAS BECOME SUCH A HOT COMMODITY THAT WATER PRACTICES ARE VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF GOLF COURSES. |
| 48 |
Salt managment |
| 49 |
better grasses and even better chemicals |
| 50 |
H2O, water management is coming to a town near you. Soon. |
| 51 |
I believe water use issues and regulation of control products will be our biggest things to deal with in the future. |
| 52 |
even less water and plant protectants |
| 53 |
Currently, there are two significant challanges for us. One is
the loss of Nemacur and the lack of another product to produce
consistent results. Another is the pressure to produce the quality of
ball roll five, ten, fifteen or more years down the road after setting
the bar very high in our first four years with an ultradwarf. |
| 54 |
Speed |
| 55 |
Weather! Seems like we keep on braking records the last 5 years. |
| 56 |
Turf loss due to adverse winter conditions. |
| 57 |
Golfer demands for green speed while we work with lower budgets and more restrictions. |
| 58 |
Continuing to manage poa and keep the health of the existing turf at an acceptable level and good playing conditions. |
| 59 |
Less money and less people to get the task done while golfers will pay less but expect more? |
| 60 |
Changing weather patterns along with seasonally warmer and longer periods of heat on poa greens. |
| 61 |
Water Managemant. Because the price of water will continue to increase. |
| 62 |
Probably the cost of all of the inputs that it takes to continue to provide the quality my members expect..... |
| 63 |
Moss
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| 64 |
More disease pressure
|
| 65 |
Green speeds |
| 66 |
Increadingly higher expectations |
| 67 |
not sure |
| 68 |
water |
| 69 |
Money. It's getting harder to spend 75% of an ever-decreasing budget on greens. |
| 70 |
less chemicals allowed to use |
| 71 |
Has been and will continue to be keeping Poa Annua out of the surface |
| 72 |
keeping them alive = staying employed |
| 73 |
continuing to find the resources to install drainage in these 50
year old pushup greens. Budgets continue to be tight, equipment needs
are high, and everyone wants a piece of the pie! |
| 74 |
weather extremes |
| 75 |
Bentgrass in the desert |
| 76 |
Water management. The increasing restrictions coming into place
and greater demand from other users will challenge all of us as
Superintendents to better utilize this resource. |
| 77 |
managing older bentgrasses (pencross) at low heights of cut - the same as today! |
| 78 |
maintaining high speeds and good health. With tougher competition between courses, expectations are higher. |
| 79 |
Trying to get old cultivars of bentgrass to stay viable in the stimp meter wars. |
| 80 |
balancing traffic on hot summer days with the needs of ownership for revenue |
| 81 |
same as now, speed and water management. |
| 82 |
Dollar spot management. Because it never stays away! |
| 83 |
Weather and budget extremes. |
| 84 |
Hotter and hotter summers. The drive to increase revenues with
outings or outside play causes increased traffic to the greens in the
heat of summer. There is never any "down time" for the greens. It
snowballs until major problems arise. There will be many courses
converting to ultradwarf bermudagrass in the coming years in the SE.
|
| 85 |
Possibly budget cuts across the board. |
| 86 |
Less Speed. Golf will become more sensible |
| 87 |
I don't know. I am now 70 years old. I live my life day to day. My crystal ball is broken!
However, I do believe that the availability of water may very well be an issue in the future... |
| 88 |
heat |
| 89 |
Always trying to improve from the previous year |
| 90 |
better fertilizers better water managemenrt
|
| 91 |
On my greens it will be drainage issues. |
| 92 |
Keeping greens healthy and reducing poa annua in bentgrass greens while still keeping conditions acceptable for all golfers. |
| 93 |
maintaining speed because of costs |
| 94 |
keeping ball roll consistent throughout the day with the increasing number of rounds. |
| 95 |
Same as now: Consistency with speed and smoothness |
| 96 |
Continuing to provide a quality putting surface with out any
increases to maintenance budgets. I don't see those going up anytime
soon. |
| 97 |
Probably managing the poa annua on my putting greens. I have more
than 50% poa on my greens, and keeping the seedhead out of them in the
spring is difficult at best. I would love to try Xonerate on my greens to
get rid of the poa, but I wouldn't have much of the greens left. I may
try to experiment with Xonerate at very low rates in the spring to see
what happens with the seedhead. |
| 98 |
The continued decline in revenue as it relates to budget cuts. |
| 99 |
Doing even more with even less money. |
| 100 |
Being able to Keep sound agronimic practices year around in regards to aeration, grooming, and topdressing. |
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