Tournament Management
A Superintendent's Guide to Preparing a Golf Course for Competition
1. Edition February 2009
216 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Every year thousands of golf tournaments are held across the globe,
from high profile majors like the PGA Championship and British Open
to smaller regional, amateur, and member-guest events.
Superintendents are responsible for preparing the course in
anticipation of a tournament and maintaining the course during the
event. This book offers superintendents and allied
professionals all the tools they need to prepare and maintain golf
courses for tournaments. It offers practical guidelines for a
successful tournament, from how to prepare greens, tees, fairways,
bunkers and rough through cup-cutting, pest management, and
fertilization prior to and during the tournament to tips on
managing professional events.
Chapter 1: Planning and Communication.
Chapter 2: Back to the Basics.
Chapter 3: Greens Management.
Chapter 4: Tee, Fairways and Roughs.
Chapter 5: Bunkers.
Chapter 6: The Little Things That Matter.
Chapter 7: Pretournament Checklist.
