I am in Hartwell GA, northeast GA. Home course switched from bent greens to some strain of hybrid bermuda at least 5 years ago.. Our low temps this week are in the mid-20's. The super is still covering our greens for the week. I saw the low tonite in MYR is 26. Are any greens being covered? Some of you cold weather guys, do your courses cover greens. Our local muni course has not covered their greens. It's frustrating to have beautiful sun with moderate temps and we can't play golf because the super wants the greens covered.
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I belong to a 27 hole municipal course in NE Ohio. They do not cover the greens in cold weather.
@Kio57 : I did read that Rivers Edge is covering their greens till December 6!
Denis Gilbert
Quebec City, Canada
I should have just Googled it and I did. Brought up a USGA page that stated that Ultradwarf Bermuda greens should be covered if the temp falls below 25 degrees. Pretty sure that's what we have and I suppose Rivers Edge does as well.
It was around 8 years ago when Myrtle Beach had a freeze and greens
at a lot of course got hurt or ruined. Only a few courses back then had
covers. I have been going to MB since 1978 and had never heard of
covering greens before that freeze.
Apparently the newer smaller blade hybrid bermudas are not as tolerate
to a freeze, compared to bent or the old tifdwarf bermuda.
Now a lot of MB courses have covers.
Now most courses in MB have some version of ultradwarf, Tifeagle, etc.
I am in Delaware. Our bent greens don't use covers.
Far north like Minnesota may cover the greens and close all winter.
If they keep the greens covered all day for a freezing night spell, it's probably
because it's more work/cost to remove and put back on, just so a few
golfers can play that day.
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It was around 8 years ago when Myrtle Beach had a freeze and greens
at a lot of course got hurt or ruined. Only a few courses back then had
covers. I have been going to MB since 1978 and had never heard of
covering greens before that freeze.
We had a some freakish weather that caused Winter Kill. The lows in the 20's and high's in the mid 30's, then 2 dayslater it was 45 for low and 75 for highs, it did this multiple times over a 6 week period. The greens didn't know whether to grow or not but when it hits 70 for 4 or 5 days in a row, they start to grow and then BAM COLD HARD FREEZE. When they start to grow, the revitilize themselves - the cells start to regenerate and take in "water". Then that "water" freezes and kills (explods the celll like freezing a soda in the freezer) the cells, that's was the dead spots onm all the greens that was referfed to as Winter Kill.
Brian Noblin
Myrtle Beach Golf Talk
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