ABSTRACT
This chapter highlights possible approaches of integrated stress management related to nutrient management to successfully overcome or reduce putting green stresses. Putting greens are also the most attractive areas of a golf course from the appearance point of view than any other types of turf on the golf course because of the low mowing height and smooth surface maintained by frequent mowing. The most common stress of cool-season putting green turfgrasses is the summer heat and high disease potential, while among the warm-season putting green turfgrasses, the main stresses vary. Cool-season putting green turfgrasses have several serious diseases, including pythium blight, brown patch, snow molds, and summer patch in addition to dollar spot. Sodium is not an essential plant nutrient element, but it may be worthy of respect from the plant nutritional point of view or as an interesting element for putting green turfgrass management for the future.
