Four ways to determine a sand topdressing requirement

Here are four ways to figure out approximately how much sand should be applied as topdressing to golf course putting greens.

1. Consider site-specific growth potential, which is expected to have a direct relationship to sand requirement. This post has links to a spreadsheet which we developed to help you calculate that site-specific number.

2. If you have measured total organic matter in the rootzone, and if you know how much sand was applied as topdressing, then this calculator from…