I, too, noted a pretty significant infestation of poa on several greens the last few rounds. That will definitely make the greens less smooth until they can kill it off. Those seed heads will continue to reseed the greens until they get rid of it. Hopefully, the warmer weather we are experiencing will awaken the bermuda early (it needs soil temps to reach 50-55 or so). We used to withhold water in SoCal to dry out the poa, then hit the bermuda with high N and water to perk it up quickly. We had a couple of weeks with mediocre greens during the drying out, but they improved rapidly once the bermuda took off.
I wonder if the overseed is starting to peter out, leaving the sparse areas described by AJ.
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