Ian and I would like to even though it is a very late thank you to all who came and visited us at our booth in San Diego for the GIS.

Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Association, Rounds 4 Research

The Carolinas golf industry took a major leap forward last year with the success of the first annual Rounds4Research.com auction raising more than $55,000 for turfgrass research. This year’s auction promises to be bigger and certainly broader with Georgia, Texas and Virginia joining the program.

CS Trading at the GIS Show in San Diego

We will be attending the GIS show this year Booth Number 1717.

By David I. Rhodes

David Rhodes has worked in both golf course management and groundsmanship and is an examiner for the Royal Horticultural Society and the Institute of Groundsmanship. He has lectured in the maintenance of natural and synthetic turf maintenance and writes for the trade press in UK, USA and New Zealand.

Introduction

The origins of artificial turf lie in the United States of America. The first installation in the UK was in 1971 at Islington, London.

There are several definitions of maintenance in various dictionaries, but they are all in a general context. To be more specific, the Sports Council/Hockey Association definition from their publication Artificial Turf Pitches for Hockey reads: