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Old 05-18-2015, 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Uberschaf View Post
Yesterday we played Pelican and the 7th hole was closed.The green had been completely striped of any grass and reseeded because of fungus.I was wondering if it was infected by using a mower on a course that had fungus and not cleaned before using it on 7.I don't know if they are cleaning the mowers or not but not cleaning them could spread the fungus.Or it could have been the black feral pig we saw.
The problem on #7 was under the green killing the grass on the left side. They had to re-do the base to get rid of it causing the closure. Not fungus. Note the other greens are not affected. If it was transmitted by a contaminated mower, the problem would be more widespread.
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