[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by Fernviewnursery@aol.com

When the lowest bidder gets the contracts and no new companies without commercial experience can get the bid because it is on a point system (one being proof of commercial experience) which is much easier than residential, you expect less quality from them.

I can't say for sure but that is what I suspect is the problem. Rather than handing our maintenance to contractors, I'd prefer to se it done in house. Not only do contracts often go to the lowest bidder, but those contractors have to make a profit. By doing it in house the money that makes up the contractor's profit could be put to use on maintaining the golf courses. Also in house people are usually more concerned about the results.

I also don't understand this redoing of the greens every couple of years. If greens are properly maintained they should have to be resodded. Some of the best greens I've ever played have been some of the oldest. The Country Club in Brookline, MA has possibly the best greens that I've ever putted on and they haven't been redone in a hundred years.