Best Golf Course Management Practices (2nd Edition)

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Best Golf Course Management Practices (2nd Edition)
by L.B. E. McCarty
from Prentice Hall

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0

• Great Book With A Huge Mistake
  This is one of the greatest books but with a Big Mistake in Calculating Fertilization Rates ,.the author in page 834 (calibration Formulas and Conversion Used and wrote a wrong conversion
  To Covert lbs/1000sqft Multiply By 4.91 to obtain Kg/100m2 the actuall number should have been 0.4883 he then used this in all his calculations like in page 320 "Nitrogern Rates of Golf greens is from 8 to 24 pounds of nitrogen per 1000 square feet (39 to 118 Kg N/100m2)...."
  It should have been 3.9 to 11.8 Kg... more info

• Good resource book
  The first thing noticable about this book is the steep price. At almost a hundred dollars, you're going to think twice before you venture into buying another book about golf. This however is not just another book about golf, if you're looking for a pictorial about nice looking golf courses this is not what you need. If you're looking for information (and pictures) on how can a designer, planner or developer go wrong while planning, building or operating a golf course then you're going to find a lot of... more info

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