Fairway rolling research

July 23, 2026

Carl Schimenti wrote an update for the Cornell Turfgrass Program with the title "Rolling and Ridiculous Recommendations – Part Two."

Here's what Carl reported from their fairway rolling trial conducted in 2025, in where there were these treatments: No rolling (FNR), Rolling 3 days per week (F3x), Rolling 5 days per week (F5x), and Double rolling 5 days per week (F10x).

> The most unconventional aspect of this trial was not that we rolled fairway height turf 10 times per…