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Mastering Tournament Operations: Achieving Tour-Standard Golf Course Conditions

Join James Graham Prusa in an immersive workshop on tournament operations, from club events to international tour championships. Learn the crucial aspects of maintaining top-tier golf course conditions for brief moments in time. Explore the intricacies of turfgrass health management, balancing quality with costs. Dive into the strategic planning required to achieve peak conditions just in time for the event. Discover the key differences in course maintenance through a comparative analysis. Enhance your understanding of achieving and sustaining tour-standard conditions in the competitive world of golf tournaments.

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Mastering Tournament Operations: Achieving Tour-Standard Golf Course Conditions

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  1. Tournament Operations Golf Course Management Workshop by James Graham Prusa James Graham Prusa

  2. Tournament Operations 24. Tournament Operations – From Club Events to International Tour Events James Graham Prusa

  3. Tournament Operations • Tour events and standards cannot be kept perpetually • It takes 1 to 3 years to ‘ramp up’ to the peak of Tour conditions that are intended to only last for 1 week! • At the majors and other top events we exert serious stresses on the golf course • On the turfgrass • On the club • On the staff • On finances • Top tier tournament conditions should only be approached for the briefest moment in time James Graham Prusa

  4. Tournament Operations • Applying what the tour standards have taught us to routine management Good turfgrass health management practices help to balance high-quality conditions and their usually higher costs. James Graham Prusa

  5. Tournament Operations • How do they achieve those ‘Tour Conditions?’ • ‘Preparation’ is just as key for the kitchen and for the golf course • The key is planning and taking time to ‘ramp up’ for peaking conditions ‘just-in-time’ for the event James Graham Prusa

  6. Ball roll – not speed! James Graham Prusa

  7. PREPARING 2 COURSES CONCURRENTLY FOR TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HANUL AND OCEAN COURSES TOUR CONDITIONING: James Graham Prusa

  8. PREPARING 2 COURSES CONCURRENTLY FOR TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HANUL AND OCEAN COURSES TOUR CONDITIONING: James Graham Prusa

  9. PREPARING 2 COURSES CONCURRENTLY FOR TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HANUL AND OCEAN COURSES TOUR CONDITIONING: James Graham Prusa

  10. PREPARING 2 COURSES CONCURRENTLY FOR TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HANUL AND OCEAN COURSES TOUR CONDITIONING: • Play levels are the same – 90,000 rounds per year • They are located only 1 kilometer apart – climate and other course factors the same • What was the only real difference between the maintenance on these two courses? • The superintendents used different fertilizer regimes • Hanul applied virtually no Phosphorus (P) all season • Hanul applied an average of 3-4 grams of N / m2 per month • Ocean applied considerable P and only 1.5 – 2 grams of N / m2 per month James Graham Prusa

  11. James Graham Prusa

  12. 2013 LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship -- TRADITION James Graham Prusa

  13. Tournament Operations Golf Course Management Workshop by James Graham Prusa James Graham Prusa

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