Fairway Grass

This Subject is a common reference to items concerning the history and ongoing maintenance of the grass grown on MGGC’s fairways.
 
Providing a quality turf playing surface is a high priority for golf course fairways and has many complexities. The grass must suit the local environment, have a long growing season, be relatively easy to maintain, and resist other grasses and weeds.
 
MGGC has been successful with wintergreen couch on its fairways. However, this choice was only made almost two decades after the course was originally developed and still requires an intensive maintenance program to control invasive grasses, particularly kikuyu and Parramatta grass.

Related Records

Record Association Dates
NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 1982 Weed control program within newsletter 1982
GENERAL MEETINGS 1985 Recommendation to the Board to grow kikuyu grass 1985
GENERAL MEETINGS 1986 Motion to grow kikuyu grass 1986
GENERAL MEETINGS 1987 Successful planting of wintergreen couch 1987
RESEEDING BOOST TO GLADES - NEWSPAPER ARTICLE Reseeding with winter green couch - newspaper article 1987
NEWSLETTER - GLADES GOLF TALK JUNE 2001 Kikuyu control June 2001
NEWSLETTER - GLADES GOLF TALK JULY 2002 Kikuyu infestation a club management issue July 2002
NEWSLETTER - GLADES GOLF TALK JANUARY 2004 Kikuyu control January 2004
NEWSLETTER - GLADES TIMES MARCH 2015 Course update within newsletter March 2015
KIKUYU GRASS KILLING TRIAL REPORT Kikuyu grass killiing trial report 2017
NEWSLETTER - GLADES TIMES MARCH 2019 Treatment for kikuyu and sedge grass March 2019
NEWSLETTER - GLADES TIMES MARCH 2020 Club member volunteers treat kikuyu and Parramatta grass March 2020
GENERAL MEETINGS 2021 Approval to fund a new automatic course irrigation system 2021
NEWSLETTER - GLADES TIMES FEBRUARY 2022 Kikuyu grass spot spraying February 2022
CLUB COMMUNICATION - COURSE SUPERINTENDENT - KIKUYU UPDATE - 21 APRIL 2022 Kikuyu grass invasion management 21/4/2022
CLUB COMMUNICATION - COURSE SUPERINTENDENT - KIKUYU GRASS SPRAYING - WINTER 2022 Broad scale kikuyu spraying Winter 2022

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MGGC Course History and Architects Fairway Grass
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