TURF 122 - Turf Maintenance Practices

Credits: 3
LEC hours per week: 2
LAB hours per week: 2
Students are introduced to the methods used in maintenance of sports fields, parks, school grounds, and golf courses. It prepares students for cooperative work experience and for entry into the turf industry.
Course Outcomes:

Apply turf maintenance practices for healthy turf.
Implement cultural practices critical to sports fields, such as proper soil sampling, field inspections, mowing practices and field preparation before and on game days.
Articulate cultural practices critical to sports fields, such as proper soil sampling, field inspections, mowing practices and field preparation before and on game days.
Use skills related to the maintenance of golf courses, such as selecting maintenance materials and equipment.
Create a stencil for use on a sports field or golf course.
Utilize the common tools used by turf managers.

Course Topics:

Sports field mowing patterns
Sports field preparation - baseball/softball
Golf course set-up
Making stencils_and painting logos
Golf course bunker maintenance
Turf maintenance practices
Pond and creek maintenance
Useful and practical turf maintenance tools
Specialty golf course mowing practices