Maintaining bentgrass greens can have unique challenges, which has required us to adapt in order to provide the best playing surface possible. Two of these challanges are the encroachment of Poa sp. on the greens,which is actually a weed, and ballmarks that don't heal with the cooler weather. So we sent a team of 4 guys to go around with 3/4" inch probes to remove ballmarks and Poa from the greens, and then they repaired the areas using icepicks.
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| In the center of this photo is Poa annua encroaching on the green, which we plugged out. |
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| Here is an example of a ballmark that was plugged out. |
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| This is what it looks like after the area has been plugged. |
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| This is the final result after the area has been mended with an Icepick. |
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| Here is a good example showing the process. Two guys would be resposible for plugging the areas out, while two more guys followed behind them repairing the areas. |
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| Guys at work. |
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