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Content Type:Q & A
Corporate Author(s):USGA Green Section
Title:Cutting height for fairway turf
Section:Questions and answers
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Source:The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 13, No. 3, May 1933, p. 86-87.
Publishing Information:Washington, DC: USGA Green Section
# of Pages:2
Question:"What is the proper height for cutting fairways in midsummer? At that time of the year our fairways are often badly burned from drought, and the clay loam on which they are built becomes hard and baked. Our practice has been to cut the fairways at ¾ inch in spring and 1 inch in summer."
Source of Question:New York
Answer/Response:"Recent work which we have conducted concerning the best height of cut for fairways , Kentucky bluegrass fairways in particular, has indicated that for the best growth of grass the Kentucky bluegrass should be cut no shorter than 1½ inches. This is a little high, no doubt, for fairway purposes unless the fairways can be cut frequently enough to prevent the grass from growing much taller. It would be found that if the grass could be left that long it would be conducive to a much thicker turf, and hence the ball might easily present a better lie than it would on turf cut at ¾ inch but much thinner. We would suggest that you commence to cut the turf in the early spring at 1½ inches and continue through the summer with the 1-inch cut, and if neccessary during the early fall, when bluegrass is growing vigorously. However we would allow the grass to go into the winter on a long cut; in other words, as the end of the fall growing season approaches we would allow the grass to grow to 1½ inches. This gives the grass more of an opportunity to store up plant food to be carried through the winter and obtain a good start in the early spring."
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Drought stress; Golf fairway maintenance; Mowing height; Poa pratensis; Recommendations; Seasonal maintenance; Summer maintenance
Language:English
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USGA Green Section. 1933. Cutting height for fairway turf. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 13(3):p. 86-87.
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