ACCESSING THE ARCHIVES focused on golf course management topics , but did include profiles of Bucky Freeman Field ( Ithaca , N . Y .) and Tigers Field ( Brunswick , N . J .), respectively .
The June issue outlined the renovation of Foxboro Stadium ( home of the New England Patriots ) from synthetic turf to a natural grass playing surface , including some major challenges encountered during the process . “ When we started trenching to put in the drainage lines , we encountered ‘ rock ledge ,’ a condition which is very common in many parts of New England ,” said Dan Almond , design / build division manager . “ The soil borings we performed very early on didn ’ t show us how much rock was down there . About 90 percent of what was down there was rock .”
The July issue featured an interesting look at management of courts in the “ evolving ” sport of tennis , and how the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills , N . Y ., had gone from 13 acres of colonial bentgrass and clay courts in 1932 to eight grass courts , seven red clay courts , four DecoTurf courts , and 23 Har-Tru courts in 1991 .
“ This country has ventured away from traditional tennis surfaces partly because of the maintenance involved in clay and grass courts ,” said Jim Sheridan , club superintendent . “ They require a daily regimen of maintenance practices . Most parks don ’ t have the budget or trained staff to manage anything besides hard courts . As a result , most people learn tennis on hard surfaces and aren ’ t exposed to the differences grass and clay courts offer .”
Efforts by Michigan State University researchers to grow natural turfgrass indoors was a focus of the August 1991 issue . The article concluded , “ While more research is needed in the area of light quality , species adaptation , and carbon dioxide effects in any attempt to grow turfgrass indoors , light is the limiting factor
and other conditions such as soil type , fertility , and turf species must be optimized .”
Although the September 1991 issue was
predominantly golf-related , the October issue did delve into field heating systems , with a look at the technology being used by the Denver Broncos . The history of 1991 for the magazine concluded with a Nov / Dec Product Directory and Source Book SFM
All content for this section is pulled from the SportsTurf / SportsField Management archives , an ongoing cooperative project of EPG Brand Acceleration , SFMA and the Michigan State University Libraries ( https :// sturf . lib . msu . edu / index . html ).
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