Turf under foot, finally |
While it is true that hitting balls into screens from plastic turf is better than nothing, especially in the wintertime, it is even more true that there’s nothing quite like the feeling of real grass under foot. And not just any grass, but the very best in pure, true golfing turf.
Those two words have taken on quite different meanings to me as my tenure as a greens committee member and golf tourist become measured in decades not years. Grass to me is that green stuff I mow around my house, that in bad years is this close to being replaced with more natural ground cover, walking paths and decorative boulders. Turf is the word our course superintendent uses. The only time I’ve heard him use the word “grass” is when he is giving lawn advice to a greens committee member.
Turf has a certain........