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Originally Posted by waynet
so, if it's all about water why do they keep planting the same old grass and not replace it with the newer strains that need much less water? Opportunities were missed at Orange Blossom and Tierra already. This is my major complaint. The powers running the golf operation are still using 80's technology and it's 2015!
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This is spot on. The courses were also built with very little soil base. When you try to grow grass on a primarily sandy base you accomplish 2 things. Costs very little to build, and grass will not root sufficently to give good course conditions. For years we have heard the water story ~ too much / too little. It does make a difference but the general course construction is the problem.