Excerpt from USGA Green Section | Tuesday, February 21, 2012
A few years ago our golf course installed a synthetic tee at the back of the practice facility so that golfers could use it throughout the winter months. Playability from the synthetic surface is actually better than most of us anticipated, but with temperatures being so warm and frosts limited this winter we would prefer to play from the ‘real’ tee. Any reason why we shouldn’t be allowed to tee it up on the turf during warm days?
Winter play generates many questions each year for the Green Section staff, and there are very real risks involved for the turf and your golf course. Sometimes consequences are immediately noticeable, and sometimes they are not realized until later in the year. At any rate, it was a wise decision to install synthetic turf to allow for winter play, and it is just as wise to use it while the ‘real’ turf is resting.
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