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PHOTO A: The brown area of turf is actually the result of a police speed trap. As I was driving in South Florida where I used to live, I exited off the interstate to see this brown area of turf. Apparently, it was a traffic enforcement officer’s favorite place to park the running police cruiser and aim a radar gun at oncoming traffic. This area is notorious for speeders and because of the cover the bridge offers for the police, it has become a favorite place to stakeout. The constant heat from the police car has turned the turf brown. You can also see the ruts left from the tires of the police car during many high-speed exits from the lair. The turf will recover if the officer ever finds another area.
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PHOTO B: The pipe is actually not a problem but a method one superintendent uses to remove stumps from his golf course with minimal damage. He observed a neighboring farmer using the method and decided to give it a try on the golf course. A piece of steel culvert pipe is placed on end over the stump, and then a fire is ignited inside and allowed to burn for a day or so. The farmer would actually speed up the process by drilling holes into the stump and filling them with used motor oil to consume the stump more efficiently, but today’s environmental concerns would not allow the superintendent to use the motor oil trick. What the superintendent especially likes about this method of stump removal is the lack of turf destruction from heavy equipment or from roots torn out of the ground. Once the fire has totally consumed the stump (even down into the ground), the superintendent simply brings in some topsoil and seed to cover the area. Photo taken by Jim Powell of EH Griffin Co., and submitted by Julie Powell of Turf Reserve LLC. Tom Paul is the Class A superintendent at Village Green GC in Hickory, Pa., and a 15-year GCSAA member.
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