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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | How close to cut turf |
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| Section: | Questions and answers
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| Source: | The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 5, No. 9, September 1925, p. 214-215. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Question: | "In discussing the cutting of turf the terms "close" and "relatively close" are often used in THE BULLETIN. Defined in measurements I would assume that "close" would mean about 3/16-inch, "relatively close" about ⅜-inch, and "high," possibly ½-inch. Is that about right? In my first cutting of our new bent greens I set our mowers at about ½-inch. Later, as the turf started to knit, I lowered them to about ⅜-inch. Should I cut shorter or longer than these measurements?" |
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| Source of Question: | Ohio |
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| Answer/Response: | "The best collection of opinions on the close cutting of putting greens you will find in the article on page 291 of the November, 1923, BULLETIN; and you will notice that the opinions there expressed differ. Our own belief is that knitted turf should be kept cut close at all times. We can not agree that the allowing of the turf to grow tall has any advantage; indeed, our evidence indicates that it is disadvantageous. It is difficult to define the terms "close" and "relatively close" in inch measurements. We would guess that your measurements, 3/16-inch, ⅜-inch, and ½-inch, would approximately mean what is meant by "close," "relatively close," and "tall." We do not think you can cut well-knitted turf too short–provided, of course, you do not cut it so short as to skin the turf." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf green maintenance; Mowing height; Recommendations
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | Continued from "Should putting greens be kept closely cut at all times? Some expressions of opinion from men of wide experience" Bulleting of the Green Section of the U.S. Golf Association, 3(11) November 22 1923, p. 291-293 R=48682 R=48682 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
USGA Green Section. 1925. How close to cut turf. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 5(9):p. 214-215. |
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