Golf turf playability with Carl Schimenti: green speed, firmness, smoothness and trueness of roll
Carl is a competitive golfer and a turfgrass researcher. We had a long conversation about the topic of playability of surfaces. What is it, how is it measured, can it be measured, and how might it be managed.
- Ball bounce clip from Dan Dinelli: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxbIlZVkgZyANVSbtpaKnYkPk4xEeDGCyi
- Playability-tagged posts on the ATC website: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/tag/playability/
- Chris Tritabaugh's blog: https://ct-turf.medium.com/the-data-says-cc7defa451f0
- Office Hours with Andrew McDaniel sharing no change in OM despite only 1 sand topdressing event in a year: https://youtu.be/QxNAOcxzsYM
- 8 minute video showing tournament conditions with only one sand topdressing in a year, plus an absurd amount of rain leading into the tournament: https://youtu.be/bbcJhA1zqNo
- Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/
- See the ATC newsletters at https://subscribepage.com/atc_newsletters
- Listen to the ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods podcast at https://atc-doublecut.transistor.fm/
Creators and Guests
Host
Micah Woods
I'm chief scientist at the Asian Turfgrass Center and director of the @paceturf information service. Some current projects include #OM246, #ClipVol, and #MLSN.
