Turf Management

Name	Non-member price	Member price
Golf Course Turf Management: Tools and Techniques As most superintendents can attest, time and money are precious resources in the turf management profession and anything that can save both is widely embraced. That desire is the principal reason behind this offering from experienced American superintendents Wayne Otto and Danny Quast. Price: $142.00	$142.00	$118.00
Managing Bermudagrass Turf This book provides turf managers with a thorough understanding on the requirements of producing quality couchgrass playing surfaces. There is a brief section on different couchgrass cultivars but does not review many of the varieties that are available on the Australian market today. Price: $133.00	$133.00	$115.00
Managing Healthy Sports Fields How green is the green industry? Well, never green enough for one of America’s foremost authorities on organic land care Paul Sachs. Over the past two decades Sachs has built a reputation as a major proponent for the turf management profession to shift away from its reliance on chemical fertilisers and pesticides, and through numerous journal articles, conference presentations and books has asked turf managers to constantly question their practices and bring about change. Price: $115.00	$115.00	$99.00
Poa Annua: Physiology, Culture and Control of Annual Bluegrass If there is one turf species that polarises opinion more than any other it is Poa annua. Classed by many as a weed despite its ability to not only effectively co-exist with other turf species but form a uniform and desirable surface for putting greens, Poa annua would rate as one of the most discussed species in sheds, lecture halls and conference halls the world over. Price: $119.00	$119.00	$104.00
Problem Solving for Golf Courses, Landscape, Sports Grounds and Racecourses The philosophy behind this book is that if you have a sound scientific knowledge and understanding of the components that make up your facility, it makes it a lot easier to identify problems and how to approach solving them. Price: $115.00	$115.00	$102.00
Salt-affected Turfgrass Sites: Assessment and Management Salt-affected turfgrass sites are becoming more common due to many reasons: use of wastewater or other irrigation sources containing salts, the location of golf courses on coastal sites that are susceptible to salt water intrusion, flooding and salt spray or in other environmentally sensitive areas; use of sands that are easily salinised for growing media; and water conservation pressures. Price: $172.00	$172.00	$149.00
Seashore Paspalum –The Environmental Turfgrass “A new grass for a new era”. That is how Robert Carrow and Ron Duncan describe seashore paspalum. And in this book, which deals solely with seashore paspalum, the two authors provide an extensive look into this impressive and increasingly attractive turfgrass species. Price: $129.00	$129.00	$112.00
Sportsfields: Design, Construction and Maintenance (2nd Ed.) A versatile ‘how-to’ guide, the second edition of the US’s Sports Turf Managers Association publication suggests solutions to common field problems that are not only helpful for professional sports turf practitioners, but also for park and recreation professionals, school curators and designers. Price: $130.00	$130.00	$114.00
Superintendents Guide to Controlling Putting Green Speed In Volume 11.3 (May-June 2009), Australian Turfgrass Management quizzed superintendents whether they lost any sleep over the speed of their greens. The sheer volume of respondents proved that green speed has and always will remain one of the most contentious topics in golf course management. Price: $125.00	$125.00	$99.00
Turf Management for Golf Courses Commonly referred to as 'Beard's Bible' after Dr. James B. Beard, the internationally recognised turfgrass agronomist who wrote it, the first edition of this essential work sold over 50,000. Since then, Dr. Beard has spent 16 years compiling his scientific research to update his original best-seller, which is written in conjunction with the entire USGA Green Section and covers every practical and technical aspect of turfgrass management, maintenance, and operation. Price: $210.00	$210.00	$185.00