any greenskeepers out there

[golf1010]

my course is a joke

at my course 2 years ago they airated the greens with fairway size plugs and then didnt fill them in will top soil, this left plugs in the grrens which never healed. they have plugs of grass coming out of theses hole,which lead to bumby grens. they never roll them. we cant take it anymore. can somebody give me some proper info so i can have an intelligent conversation with them.

[Mikolar]

I'm not a greenskeeper but have been on enough boards at equity clubs to offer some suggestions. Talk to your greenskeeper and find out what is going on and why the decision not to use sand, was made. Find your closest university with an agronomy/golf maintenance program and begin a dialog. Send them core samples. Go to the Club Managers Assocation website to see if you can pull any cursory information down on greenskeeping basics. There are so many variables in not just growing grass but taking care of a golf course that I think it would be difficult to offer any real help here.

 

Good course superintendents are hard to find and worth every penny. Yet, even after you have hired them, they need the right budgets, a good base with the golf course and of course, good weather. Often, they need educated support from the membership and not micromanagment.

 

Good luck. Bad course conditions are so frustrating because you still end up paying fees/dues for the privledge of playing.

[CaledoniaKid]

I'm a former superintendant...You are right it sounds ridiculous. The greens are the most critiqued area on the course. Is your superintendant/greenkeeper a GCSAA member. If you go to gcsaa.org you can find some basic info on anatomy and agronomics of a greens complex and maintainace practices. I would through info from the usga site as many might feel like you are being unrealistic in your goals if you through the usga into the mix.

 

Hope this helps