Air temperatures and cool-season grass GP in Rome
September 23, 2023
The Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club near Rome is on creeping bentgrass greens, seashore paspalum fairways, and tall fesuce plus fine fescue roughs. That's an interesting combination of species. It's possible to grow both cool-season and warm-season grasses in such a transition zone climate.
At this location, based on temperatures for the past three years, the cool-season grass growth potential (GP) is near 100% from May into early June, drops below 50% in mid-summer because of…