Greenway Turf Program Before/After Slides 1

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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