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Originally Posted by hedoman
Noticed the seed heads of Poa Anna on a few greens and asked the maintainance guy (who was checking them) and he verified. It is the lighter green (almost white) and the seed heads tend to make the green bumpy. a few hours afer cutting they grow bck and stick up. It was a transitional grass back up north until the Bent kicked in after it warmed up to summer levels. It shouldn't be a big problem but I was amazed to see it this far south. Could explain your observations
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I want to preface what I say with the fact Havana is in decent condition. I do not wish my comments to be taken as any but conversational and curious about what others are seeing. Some comments will be negative, but Havana is still on my request list.
Thanks for the info
hedoman. I have played my share on Poa Anna greens and can empathize with the greens crew fighting it. Was that at Havana you saw a greens keeper?
To my untrained eye, the greens at Havana were not bumpy due to Poa Anna.
This was more like the grass was 'clumpy'. Clumpy sounds pretty severe, the greens are still playable, but it is like in large areas the grass is not filled in making the surface bumpy. If the pin was in that area it was hit or miss.
As I type this I realize my ability to paint a picture using words is non existent; likely why I work in the computer field. If I am going to post something like this I must include a picture
PSrant. I cannot state enough how bad people are at fixing ball marks. I would rather people NOT fix them then fix them wrong. All over Havana you see dirt spots the size of a quarter likely caused by fixing a ball mark by raising the center.