Preliminary evaluation of USGA's TruFirm for greens firmness assessment

In our continuing efforts to develop programs that assist turf managers in maintaining optimal greens firmness (545 kd pdf), we have followed with interest the USGA's TruFirm. This tool was developed by the USGA to recreate the effect of golf ball impacts, thus assisting in preparation and monitoring of greens for consistent tournament play, day in and day out.

To this end, we were lucky this past January to be able to team up with USGA agronomist Pat Gross and…