The greens surfaces at Glenelg vary in age and turf consistency, which in turn, makes the task of presenting our putting surfaces at a premium even more of a challenge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 1998 there has been a staged approach to the programmed re-grassing of the greens at Glenelg, with the last works carried out on the course in 2004. The newer greens on the property are the small Practice Putting Green (2014), 19th (2016) and the Practice Green adjacent to the Practice Fairway (2018). Holes 4, 5 and 6 were part of the 1998 redevelopment first stage, when the Club decided to keep the existing Poa annua greens. The surfaces on the 4th and 6th (old par 3, 7th) were retained and the new 5th Green was sodded in Poa annua from the old green. These failed and were eventually ripped up and a new bentgrass blend known as Dominant was sown, a blend of two varieties 1019 and 1020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the greens in the work carried out in 1999 was the new 13th green and this was turfed using Poa annua cores from some of the greens across the course. As with previous attempts of establishing Greens with this method, it didn\u2019t result in a desirable surface and shortly after was resown with the Dominant blend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following the early experiment in establishing greens either through cores, or solid Poa annua turf, all the subsequent greens were sown with the Dominant bentgrass blend as the program progressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"