Zoysia

Habu CC 15th hole When the photo above was taken, I was the superintendent at Habu CC in Chiba prefecture, and the course looked superb in late November after the ryegrass we planted to the bermudagrass fairways had grown for about seven weeks.

Ok, here is a relatively easy one. What is causing the splotchy dew pattern on this warm-season fairway? Bonus question: what country is this golf course in? This is bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) holding the dew, and zoysiagrass not holding as much dew.

There are four interesting things I would like to point out in this short video from a par 5 hole on a golf course in Central Japan. 1. The cart has no driver.

This is a report of one week in Japan, during which I taught a seminar about turfgrass nutrient requirements, visited five golf clubs in four different prefectures—only one of which had less than 36 holes—and saw lots of interesting course maintenance equipment and grasses.

Some of the issues related to golf course maintenance and the Japanese golf industry are so interesting, and so challenging, that a few updates about course maintenance here will surely be interesting.

There are four grasses in the image above (click on it to get a larger view). We are looking at Tifeagle and Novotek (both are Cynodon hybrids), Sea Isle Supreme (Paspalum vaginatum), and a fine-bladed zoysia, probably Zoysia pacifica.

Golf course putting greens in Southeast Asia are usually planted to either hybrid bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon x C. transvaalensis), seashore paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum), or zoysia (Z. matrella or Z. pacifica). I saw these test plots at a golf course in Southeast Asia.

The state of Oregon on the West Coast of the United States is well-known for cool-season grass seed production. From ryegrass to kentucky bluegrass, bentgrass to fine fescue, there are vast fields of grass seed in Oregon.

The two green system on a par 4 hole in Tochigi prefecture, Japan. On a July day in 2011, I visited four eighteen hole golf courses around the Tokyo area.

In 2006, ATC conducted a survey of the grass types on golf courses in Thailand. Surveys were sent to the more than 200 courses in Thailand, and 41 of the surveys were completed and returned.