Golf and Sports Turf Management

Selected Statistics Related to Turfgrass and Sports Turf in Florida

 ORH 4223 (2 credits)
University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale
Syllabus Class projects Exams Resources More classes Turfgrass Science
 

From: van Blokland, P. J., J. J. Haydu, A. W. Hodges, and A. P. Bell. 1994. The economic contribution of the Florida turfgrass industry to the state's economy: A value added approach. (Unpublished report presented to the Florida Turfgrass Association at the annual Conference and Show, Fort Lauderdale, 1994.)

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Anonymous. 1996. 1996 golf course superintendents report. Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, Lawrence, Kansas

 

Source or activity

Florida turfgrass

Golf courses

Area (acres)

4,889,000

149,000

Water consumed
(million gallons
per day)

2,782

490

Employment (persons)

175,964

16,879

Expenditures
(million $ / yr)

8,666

551

Expenditures
($ / acre /yr)

3,697

Nonland assets
(million $)

7,194

1.085

Nonland assets
($ / acre)

7,285

Value added
(million $ / year)

8,555

3,079

Sample
expenditures
($ / year / golf
course)

602,750

(18-hole courses)

Fertilizers

50,031

Insecticides

26,831

Herbicides

16,832

Fungicides

8,859

Number of golf courses

1300 (?)

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