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| Publication Type:
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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | Truing putting greens surfaces |
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| Section: | Questions and answers
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| Source: | The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 6, No. 6, June 1926, p. 146. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "Our greens are not true and we wish to know what weight roller you would advise us to use on the greens in order to make them true." |
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| Source of Question: | Minnesota |
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| Answer/Response: | "In the rolling of greens in the spring the idea is to roll just heavily enough that footprints, particulary heelprints, will not be left in the turf. Rolling more heavily than this is not desirable and is in most cases harmful. The weight of roller desirable to bring about these results will depend on the character of the soil and the denseness of the turf. A heavy clay soil will stand much less rolling than a light soil. This is a matter which is however easily determined. The weight of roller most commonly used is from 175 to 225 pounds. The weight can readily be altered to suit conditions when a water-ballast roller is used. We believe however that you will get better results in truing the surfaces of your greens by topdressing the greens perhaps several times until you get the desired trueness of surface. If your soil is heavy, topdress with sandy loam; is medium, topdress with ordinary good loam or compost." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf green maintenance; Recommendations; Rollers; Rolling
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
USGA Green Section. 1926. Truing putting greens surfaces. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 6(6):p. 146. |
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