State of your greens!

[MadAdey]

Don't really know yet, they have re-opened the course this week after being closed for 2 months so they could tear the greens up and redo them with ultradwarf tournament bermuda with latitude 36 bermuda aprons. Going at the weekend to try them out.

 

[MendieGK]

Our greens are completely ruined. Loads of patches where there is zero grass now as it's just died.

So you know when you often say about ‘can’t see value In more expensive courses etc’

Here is the reason why

 

[Orikoru]

So you know when you often say about ‘can’t see value In more expensive courses etc’

Here is the reason why

Yeah but I don't want to only play once a month! :rofl:

 

[Fish]

Our greens are great, the ladies currently playing in the Amateur Stroke Play Championships are struggling with their speed, and England Golf have said today that they are the best greens they've seen anywhere this year.

We took advantage of the early weather and brought forward some of the work that would have been taking part around now, so they won't need touching other than the odd micro tining which is nothing to worry about and hardly noticeable.

I've played lots of local courses in the area in A & B matches and we have by far the best greens and course condition, our greens staff have worked wonders in these challenging weather conditions.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Haven't played for a couple of weeks - I expect they'll have been done this week. Used to be deep-dig core-removal stuff - but no longer required. We tine the greens fairly lightly and maybe 3 or 4 times throughout the year.

 

[Foxholer]

This is the perfect time for the greens to be done - still lots of warmth for the greens to recover quickly- all major comps should be done and the club should always factor that in when doing the diary ,

And every year the same people whinge about the work being done - sometimes I think they expect greens just to become great all by themselves

Stop the press. Golfers who know nothing about green keeping get upset when essential maintenance is done. It is not unusual to do tjis work at this time of year, as the greens recover quicker.

I'm afraid it's simply a case of THIS!

Please, please give the GK's their due! This is the best time to do this work - though there's never a popular time for it! They probably announced that this is when ir would happen, but how many members read GK notices!

Oh and just an early warning...There'll be a week or so some time between late March and early May (weather dependent) when the rough grows too fast for the GKs to control - given all the 'other' jobs they have and the resources (aka mowers and manpower) they have!

 

[Doh]

Ours have been great again this year,they have just been micro tinned two weeks ago and are recovering as expected.

 

[2blue]

Ours greens are a lovely surface (all be it slow) but the rest of the course is horrid. Fairways, fringes, tee boxes have been pretty much lost. This season is a write off now. Just played my last qualifier for the year. Utterly pointless when you get worse lies in the middle of the fairway than you do in the rough.

I guess your place, James, just suffers from being too sandy. It was bone dry 2 months ago so I'm not surprised how its suffered. Tough though!!

 

[anotherdouble]

No problem with ours. Fast side of medium speed and very true. Maintenance starts 1st week September

 

[Green Bay Hacker]

Sadly, our best greens are the one's that have been hollow tined.

 

[Grant85]

Got to let the guys do their job.

Would much rather have some disruption than poor greens through the summer months.

 

[North Mimms]

Ours are brilliant at the mo, mainly because of the the tining and sandng that was done three weeks ago

 

[louise_a]

Ours have been and still are brilliant, in fact numerous visitors I have spoken to have said they have been the they have played on.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Our greens are in fantastic condition. We are a long way from all our major events being done. We have the "Masters" for comp winners in two weeks, an honours board event this weekend and the Jamega Tour back in town soon. Our greens are the main reason they are returning. Plenty of visitors have said they are the best they've played on and we have two new members from Wentworth who say our greens are better than theirs. Maintenance is a necessary evil but its hope the club and head greenkeeper would compare diaries and take into account conditions and upcoming events

 

[JohnnyDee]

Ours have been great all season however every year the Tuesday after the bank holiday sees them getting tined.

No-one likes it but has to be done to make sure they play well all year round.

It hurts for a few weeks but by mid September they’re very acceptable and improving quickly.

 

[Tashyboy]

Would love to have the thoughts of a greenkeeper on here. Ours have been fantastic, but it's been an odd year. Bladdered it down for a couple of months early on with waterlogged courses. Quickly turning into bone dry courses. Yet the greens have been allowed to grow longer than normal and have been gorgeous.

 

[SammmeBee]

Our greens are in fantastic condition. We are a long way from all our major events being done. We have the "Masters" for comp winners in two weeks, an honours board event this weekend and the Jamega Tour back in town soon. Our greens are the main reason they are returning. Plenty of visitors have said they are the best they've played on and we have two new members from Wentworth who say our greens are better than theirs. Maintenance is a necessary evil but its hope the club and head greenkeeper would compare diaries and take into account conditions and upcoming events

Just ‘no’........

 

[richart]

Ours have been great all season however every year the Tuesday after the bank holiday sees them getting tined.

No-one likes it but has to be done to make sure they play well all year round.

It hurts for a few weeks but by mid September they’re very acceptable and improving quickly.

We are the same. We did get caught out a couple of years ago when from memory it was dry and not very warm in September, and the greens were not that great over the winter. It was only after cousrse maintenance in the following April that they were that much better a couple of weeks later.

 

[User2021]

Our greens are in fantastic condition. We are a long way from all our major events being done. We have the "Masters" for comp winners in two weeks, an honours board event this weekend and the Jamega Tour back in town soon. Our greens are the main reason they are returning. Plenty of visitors have said they are the best they've played on and we have two new members from Wentworth who say our greens are better than theirs. Maintenance is a necessary evil but its hope the club and head greenkeeper would compare diaries and take into account conditions and upcoming events

sorry, are you really saying another human being has stated Ascots greens are better than Wentworth’s?
How does anyone move from an outstanding course to a goat teack and then state the greens are better on said goat track.
with all due respect, those two members are either under the influence of drugs / alcohol or mentally ill and need some help.

 

[backwoodsman]

Our greens in great condition - members & visitors alike pay compliments.

This week is "greens week" - they have been pencil tined and top dressed with sand - and apart from being a bit sandy, are still in darn good nick. Its always progfammed for August althougn the precise week can vary (gets brought forward or pushed back as Head GK tries to match work to best conditions rather that set the date in stone.)

Our members are pretty tolerant/understanding of the work - they know that good greens are "made" and that they don't appear by magic.