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Greenway GolfTurf Grass Program Improvement Photos
Turlock Country ClubStarted at 95% poa greens in 2002
One year later 50-50 bent/poa
2002 | 95% Poa Greens 2003 | 50% Bent / 50% Poa Greens
Turlock Country Club 100% bent grass 28 months after
starting Greenway Program
Club experienced no turf loss during transition from poa to bent. Mgr reported members & guests were extremely pleased with the process and the improved playability of the surfaces.
Turlock Country Club 8 years later still bent grass
Heron Lakes GC Portland, OR. Typical 30 + year old poa greens
2004 | 99% Poa Greens
Heron Lakes GC 2 years later
2006 | 40% Bent Greens
Heron Lakes GC 4 years later
2008 | 75% Bent Greens
Heron Lakes GC 5 years later. Over 85% bent grass
Beginning 2009 | 85% Bent Greens
Heron Lakes 5-6 inch bent root system
Stevinson Ranch GC 2001
2001 | Poa/Bent Greens with shallow roots
Stevinson Ranch GC 2009
2009 | 99.9% Bent Greens with 8-10 inch rootsVoted Best Conditioned Public Course in California 2008 & 2009 - Golf World
Valley Club - Santa Barbara, CA
On Greenway Program Course Has Maintained 99% Bent Greens
Valley Club Deep Roots on Bent Grass
Minikahda Club 2008 Top 10 Minnesota Private Club
100% poa greens
Minikahda Club 2009
2009 | Transition phase. No turf loss and playability maintained
Merced CC - 100% poa greens when Greenway started | 17 months later
bent grass 60% on old push up greens
100% Poa before Greenway Program 17 months later | 60% Bent Greens
Merced Country Club new sand based greens after 10 years nearly all poa
with standard maintenance procedures
Merced Country Club sand based green 30 months later 95% bent grass
San Francisco Golf Club
2008 | 95% Bent Maintained
San Francisco Golf Club during the club championships 2008
Monterey Peninsula CC Dunes 2002
2002 | 70% Poa Greens
MPCC Dunes Greens 2009 Improved Bent grass performance
2009 | 85% Bent Greens
MPCC Shore Course New Bent / Fescue seeding 2003
MPCC Shore Course poa development during grow-in on fairways prior to
Greenway Program
MPCC Shore Course As the bent grass and fescue matures more pressure can
be applied to control pa annua
MPCC Shore Course 7years later
MPCC Shore Course 7 years later bents and fescues well established
MPCC Shore Course
Malibu Country Club 95% poa greensShallow roots Before Program
Malibu Country Club 24 months laterOver 90% bent
Malibu Country Club
Battle Creek GC Improved root depth during summer heat in Oklahoma
Pasadera CC on Greenway Program
Pasadera CC greens after changing Supt. & going back to regular
maintenance program
EL Dorado Mexico Ultra dwarf Bermuda grass after 5 years on
program
El Dorado with extensive root system
El Dorado