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| Web URL(s): | https://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/gcman/article/2012feb122.pdf
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Newton, Bill |
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| Author Affiliation: | Free-Lance Writer, Harrisonburg, Va. |
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| Title: | The comeback: A Louisiana superintendent leads his facility in a massive recovery effort following the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina |
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| Section: | GCM extra
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| Source: | Golf Course Management. Vol. 80, No. 2, February 2012, p. 122, 124, 126-127. |
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| Publishing Information: | Lawrence, KS: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America |
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| # of Pages: | 4 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Aerification; Career growth; Course profile; Crisis management; Fertilization; History; Hurricanes; Natural disasters; Overseeding; Personal profile
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| Facility Names: | Metairie Country Club, in Metairie, Louisiana |
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| Subjects' Names: | Alexander, Andy |
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| Abstract/Contents: | Profiles the Metairie Country Club, a course destroyed by hurricane Katrina in 2005. Explores the many maintenance updates performed by Class A superintendent Andy Alexander. Mentions Alexander's experience during the hurricane. Notes that "it took two weeks for the Corps of Engineers to pump all the water out of Metairie, and Alexander was finally allowed to return." Describes the damage that the hurricane caused at the course, mentioning that the course was cleaned extensively because the level of debris that covered the entire course. Details the procedures that would bring the course back to where it was previous to the hurricane, including overseeding, fertilization, aerification, and disease spray applications. Illustrates Alexander's career within the golf course management industry. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | Other items relating to: Disasters - Storms |
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| Note: | Pictures, color |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Newton, B. 2012. The comeback: A Louisiana superintendent leads his facility in a massive recovery effort following the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. Golf Course Manage. 80(2):p. 122, 124, 126-127. |
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