Improving the performance of cool season roughs
January 1, 2002
Despite ever-increasing performance expectations, the resources allocated to management of golf course roughs remain low. Poor quality irrigation water, patchy irrigation coverage, heavy traffic and interference from trees in the form of shade and/or moisture-robbing roots all lead to uneven, mixed stands of turf and weeds, wet spots and bare spots, and generally declining turf quality. This is particularly true during droughty time periods and in low rainfall regions that rely on cool season roughs. We have found that there…