re: Augusta National Conditions

Do you understand that the Bermuda is basically dried out (not watered) and scalped....then they oversees with rye (mostly), fescue and bluegrass. Bermuda is not in the mix..it can not grow or germinate in cool weather. That is my point.


The Bermuda mix is over seeded after the tournament in the spring...not during the fall. The cool grass in Georgia will get scorched in the hot sun and heat...that is why courses in the Midwest/East are bent...south they are Bermuda....Augusta has so much FU money, they can do both (close the course down to do it).

Wish the resident super (Bama fan) would chime in and confirm what I am stating. My neighbor is the main guy at UK Athletics over the only grass fields...he knows several guys on the crew at Augusta. We just overseeded our yards 2 weeks ago with the same mixture he puts on his fields and with fertilizer. (50 pound bag of rye mix with some fescue and I mixed in Kentucky Bluegrass on my yard). Our yards looked liked Augusta when we thatched (scalped) and then we overseeded, we did not airiat this year since we did that last year. It is the same thing Augusta did several weeks ago.