Playing Performance

Following the sustainable path will produce drier, firmer and healthier turf which will perform better throughout the year.  This will facilitate the presentation of optimum performance for the golfer whilst minimising stress on the turf.  It will also provide the potential for increasing revenue with a greater proportion of the year spent on the main surfaces and enable cost reallocation away from expensive chemical and water inputs, into m

Following the sustainable path will produce drier, firmer and healthier turf which will perform better throughout the year.  This will facilitate the presentation of optimum performance for the golfer whilst minimising stress on the turf.  It will also provide the potential for increasing revenue with a greater proportion of the year spent on the main surfaces and enable cost reallocation away from expensive chemical and water inputs, into more productive and environmentally sound investment.

Measuring vital aspects of playing performance, firmness and trueness, in an objective way is a research and development priority for The R&A.  The turfgrasses selected by design or management will play a major role in achieving optimum performance for the golfer, for the environment and for the finances of the facility and R&A research support is also directed toward a means of rapidly and accurately assessing grass species composition.