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To: TH who wrote (1432)	5/23/2000 10:46:00 AM
From: Magnatizer	Respond to of 43979

TH Sound like a fantastic track. Will hit it if I am ever in Michigan... I do not have a lot of time right now but I would like to continue the discussion regarding how courses are maintained. One nice feature which has come out in the past 15 years is a vertical cutter attachment for greensmowers. When a green is consistently vertically cut it has less grain and therefore the greens are generally more consistent from one to the next. Tee time closing in... a week of goof for me... ht Mag

To: TH who wrote (1432)	5/23/2000 5:15:00 PM
From: thecow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 43979

So I started thinking Very dangerous! I wonder how they do this at the good courses You'll have to consult an agronomy man for the exact answer to the stimp question but I do know that in major tournaments they will stimp all the greens to make sure they are consistent. With today's technology, the greens can be built to such strict standards and maintained to such a degree that I'm sure they can get the stimp very close on each green. Any degrees of difference in the playing characteristics of the individual surfaces can be fine-tuned by verticutting and mowing at different heights, top-dressing with different compositions,and adjusting watering and fertilizing levels to suit the particular circumstances. I'm sure you are probably dealing with bent greens and I am only familiar with bermuda (being a southern boy) but I'm sure the same principles apply. I had a greenskeeper once that told me greenskeeping is the art of keeping the grass on the edge of death at all times! Hope this semi-explanation helps. tc ps: Funny how I always thought the greens were great after a hot round myself! <GGG>