Pitchcare Classifieds TOPDRESSING & LOAM Regular rolling in place of close mowing
Ongar Loam cricket dressing and top quality golf and bowls dressings
Order direct from the manufacturer and our distributors Moreton, Ongar, Essex, CM5 0HY
Tel: 01277 890246 Fax: 01277 890105
www.binderloams.co.uk KALIONITIC made only from the original material
Surrey, Mendip and Growloam also produced
We have our own laboratory for batch and quality control, carrying out independent analysis for verification.
T: 01202 537777 F: 01202 532765 E:
growing@roffeybrothers.co.uk W:
www.roffeybrothers.co.uk
TREES TIES & SUPPORTS
Will regular rolling carried out on golf greens, whilst maintaining sensible heights of cut, provide more than adequate playing surfaces for golfers to chip, roll and putt on?
Why not visit our online Buyers Guide for direct links to suppliers websites and email addresses
www.pitchcare.com TURF SUPPLIERS
There seems to be increasing misconceptions that close mowing at heights as low as 2mm is the answer to green speed, firmness and trueness. We need to ask the question, just how fast do greens need to be?
On a recent visit to St Andrews, the home of golf, I was surprised to learn that green speed was consistently maintained and measured with the stimpmeter at a roll distance of 9.6ft. Close mowing golf greens at heights as low as 2mm, and then rolling the putting surface, is becoming increasingly popular and can produce a really fast surface. But this is simply not sustainable greenkeeping. Cale Bigelow, a Purdue University agronomist and turf expert, stated in 2007 that ‘When you remove that amount of leaf surface area, you're removing the food production part of the grass plant’.
Growers of natural & rootzone sports turf using the very best STRI cultivars
Custom grown turf ‘Instant play’ sports pitch turf Reinforced fibreturf
Washed turf available in all turf grades
Contracting service Overseas supply
Tel: 01724 855000
www.countyturf.co.uk
150 l PC JUNE/JULY 2014
Specialist growers of sportsturf and golf turf with a wide range of grades, rootzones, thick and fibre reinforced turf
Tel: 01904 448675
sales@turf.co.uk
www.turf.co.uk
When greenkeepers prepare greens for play, It’s worth taking into account climatic conditions such as wind, levels of precipitation and of course evapotranspiration (ET) rates. A simple rise in wind speed could quickly increase the ball roll distance and increase ET rates, contributing towards a putting surface that can at times become difficult for the golfing customer to chip and roll on. On fast greens, a gentle putt sends the ball many feet, while a putt on a slow green will travel less distance.
As sports turf professionals, charged not only with producing the putting surface but responsible for carrying out the course maintenance regime within budget constraints, it is possible in most instances to decrease the mowing frequency or increase the mowing height and not lose the green speed. Research carried out in 2005 concluded that dedicated greens rolling equipment can increase green speed by over a foot, and retain over six inches for as long as forty-eight hours (Nicolai, 2005).
The obvious benefits in this scenario would not only be less stress placed on the grass plant, but, financially too, as the need to locally irrigate dry spots with wetting agent would be reduced and, of course, the operational cost of dedicated mowing equipment.
Email:
sales@binderloams.co.uk
The quest for golf green performance
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