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Originally Posted by wmet13
I think you are correct. These greens are being mis-managed and improperly maintained. They are basically mud with sparse areas of grass. Are they being watered too much?? Are they being re-seeded? It's really terrible
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I wonder--has any thought been given to artificial greens for the executive courses? Seems as if they'd solve a multitude of problems including very low maintenance needs, no watering necessary, hold up very well under heavy traffic, not as affected by specific seasons as natural grass, etc. etc. Also much less expensive overall than natural grass greens, and when replacement is needed it is a matter of maybe a day's work vs. preparing the ground, seeding, watering, trimming, etc. as is the case for natural grass greens, which can take weeks or even months. Win-win: better looking and playing greens with far less maintenance over the long haul which would free up money for other maintenance needs on the course. Additionally playing characteristics of the greens would be consistent course-to-course; much the better situation than what exists today, where poor upkeep or other variables affecting green conditions on courses adjoining one another can vary considerably, or even significantly varying conditions green-to-green on the same course.
The purists and top-tier golfers might object but what was true years and even decades ago as to playability (good for putting or driving but not both, among others) have pretty much disappeared, and to be honest, according to what I see, the vast majority of players on the executive courses are, to put it bluntly, hackers: folks to whom such objections would make very little difference, while the better players would still have natural grass greens on the championship courses.