Roadside-Golf-Course Natural Science

Developing a Golf Course?

Histoplasmosis Cluster, Golf Course, Canada

We report a cluster of 4 cases of acute histoplasmosis (1 culture proven and 3 with positive serology, of which 2 were symptomatic) associated with exposure to soil during a golf course renovation. Patients in western Canada with compatible symptoms should be tested for histoplasmosis, regardless of their travel or exposure history.

Steering Tomorrow's Course for Golf Business

Golf is a business, a profession, a sport, or a social excuse, depending entirely on one's contact with the game. As a business it is one of the most remarkable America has ever known. In spite of, until recent years, untrained administration, lack of planning, under-and-overfinancing, and a host of other "don'ts" that are usually quick death to any ordinary business undertaking, golf has not o...

The Maximum Throughput on a Golf Course

W e develop stochastic models to help manage the pace of play on a conventional 18-hole golf course. These models are for group play on each of the standard hole types: par-3, par-4, and par-5. These models include the realistic feature that k 2 groups can be playing at the same time on a par-k hole, but with precedence constraints. We also consider par-3 holes with a “wave-up” rule, which allo...

Arsenic abundance and variation in golf course lakes.

Monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA) is a commonly used herbicide on golf courses. To investigate the variation in abundance of arsenic (As) after MSMA application, 28 golf course lakes were monitored monthly for one year. The As concentrations varied substantially in and between individual lakes with values up to 124 microg/L (mean=10.9 microg/L, n=336). This is considerably higher than the As co...