Grasses Part ll

Fescues (grasses) are often found in coastal areas and thus on links courses.  Fescue is a hardy grass.  It can be used for roughs or even be used for fairways.  Cultivation of fescue requires excellent drainage, low fertility, and light traffic.  Heavy rain will out-compete fescue.  Also, heavy cart usage compromises fescues and makes it nearly impossible for the turf to thrive. 

Sand Hills golf course was designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw.  It is located on the plains of Nebraska and originally contained fescue fairways, but were converted to bluegrass because the ferocious and icy winds that blew across the flat-lands of Nebraska burned it badly.  The fescue grass just wasn’t hardy enough to withstand Nebraska’s harsh weather.