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In addition to the articles listed here from outside sources, three new articles have been published on the EIGCA website – one by Philip Spogard on Adapting courses to suit particular golf markets, which was originally published in Golf Course Architecture, and the other, Behind the Curtain… Architectural Roundtable – 2016 Ryder Cup, by Matt Ward from Golf Content Network, which includes a contribution by Tom Mackenzie, EIGCA President. The third is a lecture given by Past President Rainer Preissmann at the German Golf Congress 2016 in Nürnberg on the subject of Urban Golf.
All the articles listed here are added to a database on the EIGCA website. This can be searched by members, after logging in. Non-members can apply to the Librarian for searches.
In conversation with Ken Moodie.
Golf Management Europe, Issue 109, August 2016. Pages: 32-34
issuu.com/portman/docs/gme_august_2016
The meaning/value of “par”
ASGCA Highlights, September 24 2016.
asgca.org/ty-butler-asgca-on-the-meaningvalue-of-par/
GPS for golf design.
By Design, Issue 29, Fall 2016. Pages: 18-19
digital.tudor-rose.co.uk/asgca/bydesign/2016/fall/#IFC
What Makes a Great Match-Play Course?
Links Newsletter, September2 2016.
www.linksmagazine.com/best_of_golf/what-makes-a-great-match-play-course
Greenside hazards (bunker placements).
Golf Course Industry, September 15 2016.
www.golfcourseindustry.com/article/brauer-bunkers-hazards-architecture/
Drainage: through the green.
USGA Green Section Record,Vol 54, no 17, September 2 2016. Pages: 1-8
gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/ticpdf.py?file=/article/skorulski-o%27brien-drainage-9-2-16.pdf
Olympic success (the Rio Olympic golf course).
Golf Inc, Sept/Oct 2016. Pages: 6-8
www.golfincmagazinemonthly-digital.com/golfincmagazinemonthly/september_october_2016?folio=21&pg=8#pg8
The heathlands at Hankley Common.
STRI Bulletin for Sports Surface Management, Issue 274, Summer 2016. Pages: 16-19
New report highlights golf club secrets of success.
Golf BusinessNews, October 28 2016.
www.golfbusinessnews.com/news/management-topics/new-report-highlights-golf-club-secrets-of-success/
The game has to become easier to play.
Golf Club Management, September 10 2016.
www.golfclubmanagement.net/2016/09/golf-boss-the-game-has-to-become-easier-to-play/
A unique perspective on millennials and golf.
ASGCA Highlights, September 25 2016.
asgca.org/a-unique-perspective-on-millennials-and-golf-from-martz-asgca/
More than 1 in 2 non-golfers are put off the game by dress codes.
Golf Club Management, August 24 2016.
www.golfclubmanagement.net/2016/08/more-than-1-in-2-non-golfers-are-put-off-the-game-by-dress-codes/
How technology has and will continue to change golf.
USGA Green Section Record,, October 6 2016.
www.usga.org/course-care/forethegolfer/how-technology-has-and-will-continue-to-change-the-game-of-golf.html
Missed fertility: Industry experts share how irrigation and rainfall expose turf to nutrient loss, and what superintendents can do about it.
Golf Course Industry, September 21 2016.
www.golfcourseindustry.com/article/irrigation-fertility-turf/
Wet conditions are not good for the game.
USGA Green Section Record, September 16 2016.
www.usga.org/course-care/forethegolfer/wet-conditions-are-not-good-for-the-game.html
The core question: preferences between mechanical and manual aeration plug collection differ throughout the industry.
Golf Course Industry, September 8 2016.
www.golfcourseindustry.com/article/aerification-core-collecting/
How to protect turf following pesticide ban.
Greenkeeper International, October 2016. Pages: 50-51
Advancing golf course maintenance equipment with positioning technology.
USGA Green Section Record, Vol 54, no 19, October 7 2016.
gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/ticpdf.py?file=/article/daniels-barden-advancing-10-7-16.pdf
Leatherjacket control chemicals banned.
Golf Club Secretary, Vol 17, 10, October 2016. Pages: 80,78
Golf is so good for you that doctors should prescribe it says public health agency
Golf Club Management, September 20 2016.
www.golfclubmanagement.net/2016/09/golf-is-so-good-for-you-that-doctors-should-prescribe-it-says-public-health-agency/
Golf & Health Project to highlight how golf can benefit all.
Golf BusinessNews, October 6 2016.
www.golfbusinessnews.com/news/management-topics/golf-health-project-to-highlight-how-golf-can-benefit-all/
Development hot spots.
Golf Inc, Sept/Oct 2016. Pages: 42-45
www.golfincmagazinemonthly-digital.com/golfincmagazinemonthly/september_october_2016?folio=21&pg=44#pg44
Mexico's golf mecca.
Golf Inc, Sept/Oct 2016. Pages: 38-40
www.golfincmagazinemonthly-digital.com/golfincmagazinemonthly/september_october_2016?folio=21&pg=40#pg40
Managing golf's evolving footprint.
STRI Bulletin for Sports Surface Management, Issue 274, Summer 2016. Pages: 34-38
Multifunctionality in golf courses - effects of different management practices on the ecosystem services carbon sequestration and biodiversity
STERF Newsletter, No 33, September 2016.
www.sterf.org/sv/projects/project-list/multifunctionality-in-golf-courses-effects-of-different-management-practices-on-the-ecosystem-services-carbon-sequestration-and-biodiversity
Sustainability at The Open.
STRI Bulletin for Sports Surface Management, Issue 274, Summer 2016. Pages: 32-33
