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Article: Golf courses face big challenges. (Golf: Feature Section).(care of the golf course)(Brief Article)
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- Fairfield County Business Journal
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- March 24, 2003
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Talk to Joe DeMaida, manager of Richter Park Golf Course in Danbury, and he'll talk about something nobody can control but significantly affects the facility -- the weather.
"If it's a wet spring, we have issues that are different compared to a dry spring," he said. "If it's wet and humid, diseases to the turf come out."
Chemicals and fertilizers are employed to correct the problem, and "it's not an issue if you' catch it quickly," he said. "If you don't, the grass has to be replaced or it can die out." The course must be inspected on a daily basis.
"If it's humid for two or three days, we'll be looking for a look in the grass, and you can see ...