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Posted on 5/4/22 at 1:56 pm to IH8ThreePutts
Will be interested to hear.
Posted on 5/4/22 at 4:52 pm to bopper50
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Champions is a great putting surface like you said. I've seen a lot of courses like Southwyck in Pearland struggling to maintain it.
It’s one of those grasses that you definitely have to stay on top of from both a cultural practices standpoint as well as having a solid Integrated Pest Management program.
I know most golfers don’t like playing on verticut/topdressed greens, but that’s crucial in how to properly manage it. That along with aerification and removing that thatch which allows the turf to breath and room to grow. It’s such a prolific stoloniferous grass that it can easily seal itself off and not allow for water to get through the canopy which leads to dry spots and less than desirable turf. A good preventative fungicide program is helpful, too, in keeping away the dreaded Bermudagrass decline which will definitely affect playability.
It really is a great putting surface, just requires a lot of attention during the growing season.
Posted on 5/4/22 at 5:01 pm to leblanc272
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don't vote out Tif Eagle. BEst Bermuda putting surface I have had to work with.
Definitely not voting it out. While I’ve never had the opportunity to work on TifEagle, every course that I’ve played with it in the greens have been really good. I think it can go a little more “off color” during dormancy, but that’s really just an aesthetic thing. It seems like it’s somewhere between tifdwarf and champion as far as the cultural practices are concerned. Which would be a nice change of pace. Especially to have really, really good greens for the majority of the growing season with not as much maintenance.
Mini Verde can be good, but it’s finicky. When it’s good, it’s really good…when it’s bad, it’s really, really bad.
Posted on 5/5/22 at 9:54 am to bopper50
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Is anyone putting down Tif Eagle theses days ?
TPC Louisiana just changed to TIf Eagle last year to replace the Mini Verde. we are seeing mutation in mini verde also, just not as bad as in champion. Tif Eagle is tried and true. I am curious to see this Mach 1 after a few seasons.
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