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Originally Posted by Lowcap
I think its pitiful that some people no matter how good they have it, still have to find something to gripe about. take your money and go else where. We had one of the coldest winters on record. Most of these course are in pretty darn good shape. In the middle of Winter when you lose turf, I dont care how good you are, it will not recover until temperatures are consistently above 60 at night. Thats why it takes a good part of summer to heal them up. And whoever the genius is that thinks he knows about poa annua. Why do you think Pebble Beach has Poa greens. Its not because they planted it. There are no cultural practices that prevent it. The only tools are herbicides. Whether pre-emergent ( very risky due to burn on greens) and post- emergent (these strands the past couple years have become resistant to all but a couple products (which are also very risky). THat could be what happened to this poor guy!
These people that take care of the course are all very experienced professionals. But when your dealing with living breathing organisms and mother nature, your best efforts are sometimes not enough. The water quality doesnt help nor does the foot traffic these course take. Your taking a plant and mowing it at 1/10" and expecting it to look perfect all the time. Instead of ripping these people down and blaming the Villages for some type of Conspiracy, bake these heros some cookies and thank them for their hard work for you have NO IDEA the hard work that goes into these courses. P.S. its usually the worst golfers that complain the loudest. The ones that never picked up a club until moving down here and thinking now they made it to the big time. Sorry for the rant. Got carried away.
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Pebble Beach, Oakmont, Pine Valley, Muirfield Village & Rivieira all have Poa Annua Greens, because it's the best "grass" for their local conditions.
The Villages does not have Poa Annua Greens, because in this climate, it's a "weed" and won't perform as a grass for greens.
I enjoy the occasional rant myself, but I try to limit my rants to subjects I have knowledge of ... not the ones I spent 10 minutes researching with Google.