1922

USGA® Green Section Record: Periodicals Since 1921

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January, 1922
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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February, 1922
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	1
Annual Report of the Chairman of the Green Committee	2
Parking Arrangements	7
Sanctity of Formulas	10
Success with Carbon Bisulfide in Controlling Grubs	11
Dixie Grass	13
Notable Green-Keepers	14
Greensand Marl	15
Seed Tests	17
Annual Reports of Golf Clubs Desired	17
Back Numbers of the 1921 Bulletin	17
Tractor and Mower Combination at the Ashtabula Country Club	18
Questions and Answers	19
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	24

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Table of Contents	25
Annual Meetings of the US Golf Association and of the Green Section	26
Address of Mr Howard F Whitney, Retiring President of the US Golf Association	26
The Grass Seed Crop and the Wholesale Market	29
The Japanese Beetle	30
South German Mixed Bent Seed	31
The Twin City District Green Section is Organized	31
Hickories and Oaks on Golf Courses Killed by Insects	32
Grubs in the Vicinity of Philadelphia	34
Barnyard Manure Made Artificially	36
Notes	36
Selecting a Site for a Golf Course	38
Questions and Answers	40
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	48
Supplement--Proceedings of the First Annual Meeting	49
Address of Mr. E.J. Marshall, Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio	67
Remarks of Mr. William F. Brooks, President, Minikahda Club	69
Remarks of Mr. A.J. Hood, Chairman, Green Section, Detroit	70

March, 1922
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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April, 1922
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	81
Foresight	82
Back Numbers of The Bulletin	82
New Officials and Committees of the US Golf Association	83
Winter-Kill A Discussion	84
Early Spring Work on a Golf Course	87
Patching	89
Harvesting Bent Seed in Germany	90
Rate of Seeding Fine Grasses	90
How Frequently Should Putting-Greens Be Mowed?	92
Bermuda Grass	97
Questions and Answers	100
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	104

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	105
Sense or Nonsense in Experiments	106
See That Your Greenkeeper Receives The Bulletin	106
Books and Bulletins for Reading and Reference	107
Brown-Patch and the Bordeaux Treatment	109
Soil Beds for Use on Golf Courses and How They Can Be Made at a Very Small Cost	116
The Fallacy of Sowing Fine Turf Grasses in Spring	119
Watering the Fairways	121
Distribution of Maintenance Costs	124
Questions and Answers	133
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	136

May, 1922
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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June, 1922
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	137
Statement of Ownership, etc	138
Work of the Green Section Appreciated	138
Maintenance Costs	138
The Club Members and the Green Committee	139
Straining at the Gnat	139
What Constitutes Standard Maintenance	141
The Story of the Portsmouth Country Club	142
The New Method of Making Putting-Greens	144
A Modified Putting-Green (2 Illustrations)	145
Inexpensive Golf	146
The Effect of Trampling and Rolling on Turf	148
Bermuda Putting-Greens	151
The Golf Ball and the Law of Trespass	153
A Mechanical Sifter for Humus and Topsoil	155
Information on Tractors	156
Are Moles Held in Check by Blacksnakes?	157
Questions and Answers	160
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	168

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	169
Twenty-sixth Competition for US Open Championship	170
Some Observations on Velvet Bent	171
Suggestions for the Rough	173
Quack Grass for Fairways on Very Sandy Soil	174
Divots-Replacement of Turf	175
The Folly of Trying to Beat Nature	177
Fertility of Sod Land	178
Fairy Rings	180
Arsenite of Soda to Exterminate Chickweed	184
Brown-Patch	185
Watering Putting Greens - A Discussion	186
Green Section Membership	190
Questions and Answers	196
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	200

July, 1922
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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August, 1922
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	201
First Amateur Public Links Championship of the United States	202
A Commendable Enterprise of Western Golf Association	203
What Constitutes Standard Maintenance?	203
Value of Opinion Based on Experience	204
The Value of a Check Plot	205
Additional Notes on Brown-Patch	206
The Essentials of Construction and Maintenance of Grass Putting-Greens	207
Treatment for Unwatered Greens	209
Bird Grass	210
Red Marking Flags Unsatisfactory	212
How We Controlled Poa Annua	213
Geography of Fine Turf Grasses	214
A, B, C of Golf Course Hydraulics	216
Additional List of Books for Golf Course Libraries	218
New Member Clubs of Green Section	220
Questions and Answers	220
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	224

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Table of Contents	225
Twenty-Sixth Amateur Golf Championship of the United States	226
Women' Amateur Golf Championship of the United States	227
Green Section Meeting at Skokie	228
How We Saved the Trees at Glen Echo	228
Friendly Birds on the Golf Course	229
On Traps	232
Seeding Fairways in the Northern States	233
An Improvised Motor Cart	236
Building and Maintaining an 18-Hole Golf Course on Moderate Membership Fees Alone and Staying Out of Debt	236
Upkeep of Approach Areas	240
Hickory and Golf	241
How Course Construction and Maintenance Suffer from Poor Business Management	245
Manure Heaps in Relation to House Flies	247
New Member Clubs of the Green Section	248
Questions and Answers	248
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	252

September, 1922
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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October, 1922
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	253
Women's Amateur Golf Championship of the United States	254
Conserve the Bent-Seed Supply	255
Relieving Congestion on Short Holes	255
Some Simple Facts About Our Northern Golf Grass	256
Changing the Cup	261
Success with the Fertilizer Distributor	265
Some Principles of Golf Architecture; Being the Opinions of Divers Amateurs	265
Rockefeller's Improved and Patented Comminutor	267
Eradication of Pearlwort	269
Controlling Chickweed	269
"The Italian Bagpipers"	269
The Importance of Proper Treatment of the Rough	270
Public Golf Courses of the United States and Canada	271
New Members of the Green Section	273
Questions and Answers	273
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	276

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	277
Sensible Golf	278
Vegetative Greens	278
Area Needed for a Golf Course	278
Buying Seed for Northern Fairways	279
The Course With Limited Means	279
Uniform Grass on all the Greens	281
Betterment of Heavy Clay Fairways	281
Cost of Building and Seeding a Nine-Hole Course	282
On Handling Peat and Compost	283
Turf Grasses in Canada	284
Standard Cost Analysis for Golf Courses	286
A Convenient Way to Plan Hazards	288
Bermuda Grass at Richmond	289
Killing Weeds in Tennis Courts	291
Stolon-Planting verus Seeding for Putting-Greens	292
Puddling and Baking	294
Questions and Answers	295
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	300

November, 1922
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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December, 1922
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	301
A New Course of Study at Cornell University	302
Golf Courses and Their Increase in the United States	303
Experiences With Untested Seed	306
Fall Burning of the Rough	306
A Letter Regarding a Compost Mixer	307
Brown-Patch in South Florida	307
Creeping Thyme a Valuable Plant for Fairways with Light Soil	309
Boy Scouts as Caddies	310
A Leafhopper Infestation at the Bannockburn Golf Club	311
Pebble Blisters on Greens	314
Some Observations on Tile Draining	315
Sheep's Fescue	316
A New Service to Golf Clubs	317
Success in Eradicating White Clover	318
Questions and Answers	319
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	324

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	325
Annual Meeting of the Green Section	326
Reprint of the 1921 Volume of the Green Section	326
Enlarged Scope of the Bulletin	326
New Member Clubs of the Green Section	326
Annual Meeting of the US Golf Association	326
US Golf Association Membership Changes	326
Death of Mr Ransom H. Thomas	327
Professionals and Prize Money	327
A Concrete Manure Pit	327
Creeping Bent Plugs	328
Let Us Take Stock	329
Winter Covering and Use of Greens	330
How to Keep Crab Grass from Tees	330
Maintenance Suggestions	331
Sodding	333
Shrubbery About Golf Courses	338
"Service" Who is Responsible?	339
Handling Plugs: A Discussion	341
A Word of Thanks	344
An Additional List of Books for Club Libraries	345
Questions and Answers	345
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	348

Supplement, 1922
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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