Augusta National Syndrome

This week is hell for Superintendents some times. Some golf members watch tv and see the holy place of golf and then think to their own course and wonder why their own course doesn't look like Augusta National. It can be a trying time to explain to someone that it's like trying to compare apples and tomatoes. Both are red, but in totally different categories.

This morning as I was scanning my social media outlets I saw this great picture of Augusta National mowing their fairways. I have a great friend who worked at Augusta National and when asked why there are no stripes in the turf he said, "It's simple, anyone can mow stripes into the turf. It takes extra effort to not mow stripes."  During the course of regular play the fairways are cut from the tee to the green, but during the tournament the direction is reversed and the fairways are cut from the green towards the tee. 

And if your wondering about the apples and tomatoes thing....there's almost a million dollars of fairways mowers in this one picture. I use 2 mowers regularly, sometimes a third for a special occasion.