Stripes on Greens

[rulefan]

Our greens were laid down in the between the 1st and 2nd world wars and have a big mix of grasses. The addition of bent is fairly new thing.

Almost certainly mainly poa annua then.

 

[need_my_wedge]

I must be way out of touch, I only know of one course that irons their greens and that's only for big comps

We purchased a greens iron a few years back, when used it certainly gives a billiard table effect. I'm not sure how often we use it though, certainly club champs and Presidents Putter, the two main board comps, I'm sure it's used at other times too.

 

[jim8flog]

Almost certainly mainly poa annua then.

Yes, definitely. That can be seen as part of the mix from the bright green areas and the seed heads in May and June.

 

[D-S]

Some of the new bent species are very good, provided your greens have the right soil conditions. They are more disease resistant, slower growing, seed less and grow at lower temperatures than Poa. Good to get into the mix and some of the new varieties are good at overtaking existing grasses.

 

[need_my_wedge]

Never really thought about it before this thread, but our first today are striped

 

[clubchamp98]

I must be way out of touch, I only know of one course that irons their greens and that's only for big comps

We do ours every week for comps and a lot of clubs do now.

For the op .
It might be the GK has just put the blades on the mowers up a couple of mm.
During the intense heat we have had the grass gets stressed if it’s cut very short ,,so holds more moisture the longer the grass is left.
This would make them slower into the cut, but not much slower with the cut.( stripes)
If ironed you might not notice until later in the day when it starts to (stick up) again.