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Originally Posted by Mikeod
The prevailing weeds on the courses are goose grass which is somewhat like crabgrass but has longer stolons, and paspalum which is similar to the hybrid bermuda on our greens, but has a slightly thicker/wider blade and more yellow-green than the Bermuda grass.
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So this "torpedo grass" (assuming that's what it is) is purposely planted on the fringes and tees?
I thought that pretty much the entire golf courses were planted in some sort of hybrid Bermuda.
Most of the golf courses I've played outside The Villages were Bermuda tees, fairways and rough except in the winter when roughs, greens and aprons were over seeded with annual rye grasses.
I've noticed that the fairways on most of the courses I've played in TV are longer than on courses that I played in Florida in the past. I am surprised that they left Bermuda fairways that high. But then again, maybe they're not Bermuda.
I've played mostly executive courses, but I have played a few of the championships and none of the fairways I've played are like what I've played in Florida in the past.
But that's another subject. I'm more interested in this stuff on the fringes and aprons. It seems to be prevalent on the tees as well, but that doesn't bother me so much as I tee the ball up.