From: JohnO on
Looks like a fungal infection?
From: Lopez Gomez on
JohnO <johno1234(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:38675e9e-f1e1-4c9f-8f92-
35ff1d475cfd(a)q39g2000prh.googlegroups.com:

> Looks like a fungal infection?

Not fungus - invasive poa annua grass, mixed in with bent. Once poa gets
established, there is no getting rid of it.

A very common sight on courses here in the northeast too.

The greens at Pebble Beach have been like that for decades.



From: W^3 on
In article <Xns9D9CD4585E04592011(a)216.196.97.131>,
Lopez Gomez <albatross(a)eagleshite.com> wrote:

> JohnO <johno1234(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:38675e9e-f1e1-4c9f-8f92-
> 35ff1d475cfd(a)q39g2000prh.googlegroups.com:
>
> > Looks like a fungal infection?
>
> Not fungus - invasive poa annua grass, mixed in with bent. Once poa gets
> established, there is no getting rid of it.
>
> A very common sight on courses here in the northeast too.
>
> The greens at Pebble Beach have been like that for decades.

They didn't look like this in 2000. (Or is it that our flat panels
show it now?)
From: Lopez Gomez on
W^3 <aderamey.addw(a)comcast.net> wrote in
news:aderamey.addw-CA38E1.20252119062010(a)News.Individual.NET:

> In article <Xns9D9CD4585E04592011(a)216.196.97.131>,
> Lopez Gomez <albatross(a)eagleshite.com> wrote:
>
>> JohnO <johno1234(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:38675e9e-f1e1-4c9f-8f92-
>> 35ff1d475cfd(a)q39g2000prh.googlegroups.com:
>>
>> > Looks like a fungal infection?
>>
>> Not fungus - invasive poa annua grass, mixed in with bent. Once poa
>> gets established, there is no getting rid of it.
>>
>> A very common sight on courses here in the northeast too.
>>
>> The greens at Pebble Beach have been like that for decades.
>
> They didn't look like this in 2000. (Or is it that our flat panels
> show it now?)
>

Pretty much - HD shows a lot more detail. If you look at some of the film
highlights of the 1992 open, (film shows more detail than analog video
tape), you'll see that the greens looked just the same then as they do
now.

But it can vary. Poa loves sun, and the Monterey coastline can be very
cloudy. In a given year, if the winter was particulary wet and foggy
there might be less poa that spring and summer. Rainfall and storm
patterns on the central California coast can be quite variable from one
year to the next,

Poa annua actually isn't a bad grass to use for greens, IF its a pure poa
green, and not a mixture. Farther south, in the L.A. and San Diego area,
you'll often find courses that have greens that are pretty much 100% poa.

It's when you have a mixture of poa and bent that you run into problems
with inconsistent roll. If the green is mowed early in the morning, putts
will roll true for several hours, but poa is very fast growing compared
to bent grass, so by later in the day, the ball tends to take some
unusual hops and bounces. Poa has a lot more grain than bent grass.


From: BAR on
In article <aderamey.addw-CA38E1.20252119062010(a)News.Individual.NET>,
aderamey.addw(a)comcast.net says...
>
> In article <Xns9D9CD4585E04592011(a)216.196.97.131>,
> Lopez Gomez <albatross(a)eagleshite.com> wrote:
>
> > JohnO <johno1234(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:38675e9e-f1e1-4c9f-8f92-
> > 35ff1d475cfd(a)q39g2000prh.googlegroups.com:
> >
> > > Looks like a fungal infection?
> >
> > Not fungus - invasive poa annua grass, mixed in with bent. Once poa gets
> > established, there is no getting rid of it.
> >
> > A very common sight on courses here in the northeast too.
> >
> > The greens at Pebble Beach have been like that for decades.
>
> They didn't look like this in 2000. (Or is it that our flat panels
> show it now?)

They looked just as bad on SD.


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