We pulled the covers off 11 and both practice greens. Pretty obvious the covers work by the green color and the growth of the greens. Even better, if you look at the picture above, in the topdressed area the bentgrass is not 100% active and growing yet the poa is flourishing. This picture is near the edge of the green on 11 where mower and roller traffic is heavy and usually thins during the summer. Poa is starting to take over this area vs the bent. Definitely can say our poa conversion is working and will continue it this spring. Once poa populations reach 75% or greater, the thinning of this green from wear and tear should lessen significantly each summer.
The picture above is the new practice green and the dots you see are the poa plugs we started incorporating 12 months ago. Normally this would be signs of ball marks but this green is used for putting only. The dots are almost in aeration patterns, which means we have been successful in working our poa plugs into the aeration holes. We will get more aggressive on this green moving forward so it is the same as 11 and the other practice green.
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