Abstract:

We determined the readability indices of turfgrass and golf course management textbooks, periodicals, and work-related manuals by the Flesch method. These indices indicate that a) the readability of several commonly used turfgrass nd golf course management textbooks is at the appropriate college level, b) the readability of feature articles in several turfgrass and golf course management related periodicals is at the same level as college textbooks, and c) the readability of some employee manuals is at the same level as college textbooks.

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turfgrass, golf course management, textbooks, readability

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