How fast are the greens at the masters

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What they don't publish is how fast the greens are on the Stimpmeter. That's for good reason. Augusta National doesn't want their greens measured using a Stimpmeter. They're different from hole to hole, and some putting surfaces are intentionally slower or faster than others. That's because each green at Augusta National is unique. Shortly after The Masters tournament, Augusta National shuts down play and lets the course grow out during the hot and humid Georgia summers. Some people have seen photos and videos of the course grown out during the summer months.

Also, greens are not being hit by golf balls over the tough summer months. Anyone that has played bentgrass greens in North Carolina, South Carolina or Georgia in the summer months knows they can get beat up quickly due to the amount of watering that needs to be applied during the middle of the day in the summer.

So, Augusta National has the money to tell members to go elsewhere during the summer and they have a great fall and spring growing season. Members allow the superintendent s to prepare the course for the Masters for up to a few months.

At ANGC, I would imagine this range would be considered ideal for the shots the committee wants to see played into their greens. Many players have said that the golf course they see on Thursday is drastically different from the golf course they played their practice rounds on. Monday through Wednesday players are attacking flags and getting the ball to stop on a dime. Then it seems as though someone flipped a switch Thursday morning and wanted to see carnage, and that is exactly what happened.

During the hot and humid Georgia summer, bermudagrass covers the landscape because of its heat tolerance characteristics amongst other reasons. In the Fall as the nights become cooler, the bermudagrass goes dormant, stops growing, and turns brown.

Once the weather patterns are desirable to grow cool season grasses, the bermudagrass is scalped down from tee to green to almost nothing. It is very labor intensive and requires an incredible amount of resource inputs. Once the bermuda has been scalped, perennial ryegrass seed is laid out from wall-to-wall using calibrated spreaders that ensure all areas receive enough ryegrass seed to promote a dense and uniform turf canopy.

From the time the ryegrass seed is spread to the time you can re-open the golf course to play may be from weeks depending on environmental and growth conditions. The Masters: Agronomic Summary.