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Originally Posted by waynet
I just don't get it. For a place that is on the cutting edge in so many areas those responsible for the golf courses are still using 1970's methods and resources. It's all about water and disease people. Modern grasses such as champion Bermuda and Mini Verde should be used on the new greens. They had a chance at Tierra and nothing improved. They had chances to use modern grasses across 466a and didn't. Egret is messed up. Again water and disease are the issues. And please don't tell me about expense. The golf courses make tremendous amounts of money,all of them.
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You may want to read this article. Especially the summary. What I get out of it is these ultradwarf bermuda grasses require more maintenance than the Tifdwarf types. Double cutting, sanding every two weeks, rolling, etc., certainly increase the tempo of maintenance. That may be a problem with the volume of play here.
http://www.usga.org/turf/green_secti...g_for_gold.pdf