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Originally Posted by BrianL99
I understand The Villages used to over-seed at least the Championship Courses, but have been told it's no longer done, anywhere in TV. What you're probably seeing, is small patches of annual rye, that's come in from someone's shoes or the wind or whatever. (I have seen some Tee Boxes on the Championship courses, that there seems to more than an incidental amount of Annual Rye and maybe some Bluegrass mixed in.)
Were you at The Landings? I almost bought there. Plenty of good golf to be had.
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Had no idea there were "annual" ryes, and hadn't considered the possibility that the greens here might have other grasses mixed in with the Bermuda. But, that could make a lot of sense, now that I think about it. I'm also learning that I'm not that good at identifying different grass species.
Got here last May and presumed that our new yard was nothing but a wonderful version of zoysia. It's since become clear that there's tons of Bermuda mixed in. Did some home grown "plugging" from another part of the yard after a successful treatment for mole crickets (excellent diagnosis and treatment by Dean's). It "appears" that this zoysia doesn't go dormant (it's still bright green) - at least not in a manner that resembles what the Bermuda does. My plugs seem to have filled in nicely, at least laterally, but it looks like it could be years before it reaches mowing height. :-)
Lived at The Landings for 36 years. Our builder let me experiment with a finer blade zoysia. One of my many failed experiments. :-) The Club did try a wider blade zoysia around the bunkers and tee boxes for a couple of the new courses, but it apparently just doesn't grow back fast enough to be suitable, at least in that area. Have researched getting rid of the Bermuda in the lawn, but it's looking like a no-go.