Toftrees Toftrees Resort Golf Course State College, Pennsylvania

Situation

Lou Morgan was driving his pickup truck into the cold wind of an early March morning when he caught the first glimmer of turf emerging from the winter snow. He expected to see a carpet of green and vibrant shoots ready to meet the challenges of a new golfing season. What he actually saw was quite different. Large patches of brown, dead turf appeared everywhere. Mostly, they occurred in the depressions and swales where water collected. In his many years as a golf course superintendent, Lou had experienced plenty of surprises and a few shocks. But none had touched him so deeply. This wasn't supposed to happen. He had used the emulsifiable-concentrate of Prograss before. He knew what it could do to a stand of annual bluegrass. This time he had used the granular formulation on a fertilizer carrier - the "soft" version. This reaction was anything but soft.

• Background
• The Course

Assignments:

One group will be assigned the responsibility for making a presentation containing the following elements:

A brief synopsis of the case description
A detailed analysis of the facts presented in the case description
A list of the issues emerging from the analysis
A broadly stated strategy for addressing the issues
A detailed action plan for implementing this strategy
This group should also prepare a report using the format that follows and submit hard copies along with appropriate attachments to on the date shown in the course schedule.

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