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iPad2 Giveaway
iPAD2 Giveaway Winner Announced!
Congratulations to Ken Newcomb, Coto De Caza Golf and Racquet Club
The 2011 PACE Turf iPad2 Giveaway introduced more turf management professionals to PACE Turf and social networking sites such as Facebook. More than 350 people liked the PACE Turf on Facebook. Thanks for your participation!
The PACE Turf Facebook page provides samples of information from the PACE Turf website and YouTube channel that are of interest throughout the year. If you like what you see, please take the tour and consider joining PACE Turf - the most comprehensive and well organized technical resource for turfgrass managers.
Background information on economics and environmental profile of the golf industry
With 16,000 golf courses spread throughout the U.S., the golf course industry impacts us in many ways. The articles below have been produced by researchers to measure the effect of golf courses on the economy, on the environment, and on the production of greenhouse gasses. Overall, the impact of the industry in all of these sectors is a positive one. See this video for more information.
The economics of the golf industry:
- Haydu, J.J., A.W. Hodges, C.R. Hall. 2008. Estimating the Economic Impact of the U.S. Golf Course Industry: Challenges and Solutions. HortSci. 43:759-763.
- Templeton, S.R., D. Zilberman, and M.S. Henry. 2010. Golf Courses in California as Modern Agricultural Enterprises, Agricultural and Resource Economics Update, Vol. 13, No. 3
- Templeton, S.R., M.S. Henry, J. Bihui and D. Zilberman. 2002. Economic Impacts of California's Golf Course Facilities in 2000. Research Report RR-02-01, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Clemson University and Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley.
The role of golf courses in counteracting global warming:
- Milesi, C., Running, S.W., Elvidge, C.D., Dietz, J.B., Tuttle, B.T., Nemani, R.R, 2005. Mapping and modeling the biogecochemical cycling of turf grasses in the United States. Environmental Management 36(3):426-438.
- Rufty, T, Rees, R. and N. Hamon, 2010. Carbon footprints of urban landscapes. Golf Course Industry, August 13, 2010.
Efforts taken by the golf course industry to improve environmental stewardship:
- Property profile and environmental stewardship of golf courses, 2007. The Environmental Institute for Golf.
- Water use and conservation practices on U.S. golf courses, 2008. The Environmental Institute for Golf.
- Nutrient use and management on U.S. golf courses, 2009. The Environmental Institute for Golf.
A message from PACE Turf owners, Dr. Wendy Gelernter and Dr. Larry Stowell:
We hope that we have kindled your interest in PACE Turf's information service with the information above. If you join today, you will have immediate access to weekly emailed updates, educational videos, site-specific weather and pest forecasts, state-of-the-art web site and many other services that will help you to prevent turf problems before they occur, save you time and money, and keep you current with the newest management products and practices. At $275 per year, or just $ 0.75 per day, it's a bargain that you can't afford not to take advantage of!
For more information, please take the tour of PACE Turf member services, visit our home page or read what other turf managers have to say about the benefits of membership. Please also feel free to contact us at any time. We look forward to having you join us!
Use Bayer Accolades points for PACE Turf membership
For those of you that are participating in the Bayer Accolades program, we are pleased to announce that you can now use your rewards points to purchase PACE Turf memberships.
Just login to the Bayer Accolades website, and go to the "Rewards Catalogue" section. You can get to the PACE Turf membership either by typing "PACE Turf" into the search box, or by selecting "Memberships" in the catalog menu. It will take 38,036 points to cover the annual PACE Turf membership fee of $275.00.
