Original research into golf green construction and maintenance funded by a prestigious international golfing organisation (1989 to 1994).

Standards Project – a nationwide survey of scientific aspects of golf green form and structure (1994 to 1995).

Development of ‘The Lodgemeter' for the measurement of the ‘trueness' of golf greens (ongoing – see Agrostis Lodgemeter)

‘The Construction, Irrigation and Fertiliser Nutrition of UK Golf Greens'. PhD Thesis. University of Leeds, September 2004. This is available in the Edward Boyle Library at the University of Leeds. http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/


The thesis provides a more detailed description, analysis and discussion of all the aspects of my work published in J. Sports Turf Res. Inst. and in the Science and Golf paper.

Lodge T A & Pilbeam D J (1994) A method of classifying the quality of golf green turf. Science and Golf II. Proceedings of the World Scientific Congress of Golf. (Ed. A.J. Cochran & M.R. Farrally), E. & F.N. Spon, London 419-424.

Thirteen papers in J. Sports Turf Res. Inst. between 1990 and 1996.

These papers may be obtained from appropriate academic libraries and are available online through the Turfgrass Information File at Michigan State University. http://tgif.msu.edu/

Their titles include :
Sand Golf Greens
Cover and botanical composition. (1990)
Rootzone chemical composition. (1990)

Construction, Irrigation and Fertiliser Nutrition of Golf Greens
Botanical and reflectance measurements after establishment and during the first year of differential irrigation and nutrition treatments. (1991).
Playing quality assessments after establishment and during the first year of differential irrigation and nutrition treatments. (1991).
Golf ball behaviour. (1992).
Soil moisture content and evapotranspiration rates. (1992).
Porosity, moisture release characteristics and infiltration rates. (1993).
Botanical and soil chemical measurements over 3 years. (1993).

An Early Playing Quality Measurement Innovation
Technical Note: - An apparatus for measuring green ‘speed'. (1992).

Golf Standards Project
A survey of golf greens in Great Britain, I. Soil properties. (1995).
Sward characteristics. (1995).
Questionnaire data on the performance and maintenance of greens. (1995).
Playing quality. (1996).

ARTICLES

A recent article by Dr Lodge on golf and turf
http://www.bigga.org.uk/greenkeeper/viewstory.php?id=402

On sports field drainage
‘Sports Turf Tips' – Landscape & Groundcare magazine, March 2003 (Amenity section of Public Sector & Local Government Magazine).
http://195.137.40.179/cgi-bin/pslg/contact.php

On warm and cool season grasses
‘Warm & Cool' – Golf Course News International, Volume 10, Number 8, Feb/Mar 2003.
http://www.gcni.co.uk/