
Problem:
You are a greenskeeper at a golf course. In order to know how
much fertilizer to apply to the grrens, you need an estimate of
their areas. How would you estimate the area of a golf green?
(Keep practical considerations in mind. Your procedure should
be feasible under actual conditions on a golf green and as simple
as possible.)

Comments:
To simplify the problem, assume that the green is flat.
The usual elementary school approach of imposing a grid over a
model and counting the squares does not translate out into the
field very well. You need a process that lets you go onto the
golf green, make measurements, and estimate the area.
Hints/Solution:
One suggestion.
Extensions/Variations:
(a) Compare this problem with Flowing Stream.
(b) How would you estimate the area of a lake?
References: Mathematics Teacher article by Gary Martin
and Joao Ponte.
TITLE: Measuring the Area of Golf Greens and
Other Irregular Regions.
AUTHORS: Martin, W. Gary, & Ponte, Joao
PUBLICATION_DATE: 1985
JOURNAL_CITATION: Mathematics Teacher; v78 n5 p385-89 May
1985
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