Golf Turf Varieties
Varieties for Golf
Choosing the appropriate golf course turf requires knowledge of your climate, management of high-traffic zones, and maintenance choices that suit your course’s specific requirements.
Modern Turf is committed to delivering high-quality products and guiding you through the challenges
of shade and foot traffic, ensuring a clear path to an exceptional course without veering into the
rough.
Putting Green Varieties
Mach 1
Mach1 Ultradwarf is a top-tier greens-grade grass, offering the purest and quickest
bermudagrass putting greens, akin to bentgrass. With its finer leaf blades, reduced leaf
length, and compact internodes, Mach1 creates an exceptionally dense putting surface that ensures true putts without any swirling grain.
It is the choice of some of the world’s most prestigious clubs, aiming to distinguish themselves by providing the highest quality greens for their members and guests. Mach1 is produced exclusively in the United States by Modern Turf, with a foundation farm in Rembert, South Carolina.
Sunday
For more than three decades, SUNDAY Ultra-Dwarf Bermudagrass has been cultivated on a golf course along the Alabama Gulf Coast. Known for its genetic stability, this grass off ers low-maintenance and premium putting green surfaces. The versatility of SUNDAY Ultra-Dwarf Bermudagrass sets it apart.
Golf courses equipped with a top dresser and a verticutter can enhance their greens instantly by replacing older grass types with SUNDAY Ultra-Dwarf Bermudagrass. Unlike traditional Ultra-Dwarf varieties that require Verti-groomers, rollers, and brushes for maintenance, SUNDAY Ultra-Dwarf Bermudagrass can deliver high-quality putting surfaces without these additional tools.
MiniVerde
MiniVerde® stands as the premier supplier of Bermudagrass greens for golf courses. Renowned championship courses nationwide select MiniVerde® for its unparalleled speed and resilience as a putting surface. MiniVerde® delivers all the qualities sought in a golf course green, such as exceptional ball roll, tolerance to shade and disease, resistance to weeds, a dense canopy, profound root systems, and a lush dark green hue. MiniVerde has been instrumental in creating superior putting greens at many of the nation’s most prestigious and established golf courses.
GOLF VARIETIES
TIFway 419
Tifway419 Bermudagrass is a widely favored variety of bermudagrass, celebrated for its superior performance in warm climates. It is particularly suited for areas with high foot traffic, such as sports fields and golf courses, due to its exceptional resilience and ability to endure heavy use. Its outstanding wear tolerance, quick recovery, and dense growth make it an ideal choice for regions experiencing frequent foot traffic.
With proper maintenance, Tifway419 Bermudagrass forms a thick, verdant turf that can withstand the rigors of intense sports activities and golfing. Its delicate texture and rich green hue are not only aesthetically pleasing but also practical and functional, contributing to its popularity. Proper care and maintenance of Tifway419 Bermudagrass can ensure an appealing and resilient playing surface for many years.
Celebration® Bermudagrass
Celebration Bermudagrass, known for its deep blue-green color, has been recognized as the top performer in many university research studies for its wear tolerance and recovery, drought resistance, and shade tolerance. It is widely used on golf courses, as well as professional and collegiate sports fields, due to its versatility. Celebration Bermudagrass is popular across the southern United States and internationally.
Celebration demands less nitrogen and more intensive maintenance practices compared to varieties like 419 to achieve optimal aesthetics. As an industry benchmark and nearly indestructible, Celebration has consistently demonstrated its stability across a range of applications, from prestigious professional golf courses and sports venues to economical municipal sports fields.
Bimini
BIMINI is globally recognized for its resilience and remarkable ability to withstand both heat and cold. This fine-bladed grass features a robust growth rate, deep roots, and dense rhizomes. Its exceptional shear strength and capability to endure heavy foot traffic make it a favored choice for golf courses around the world.
Celebration Hybrid™
Celebration Hybrid, an enhanced variety developed by Mississippi State University, is derived from crosses with the parent grass, Celebration Bermudagrass. This hybrid boasts superior drought tolerance, as evidenced in the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) bermudagrass trials. It also offers a tolerance, fewer seed heads, and reduced thatch compared to its predecessor. Additionally, it exhibits greater cold tolerance, thriving well into the transition zone, which makes it an excellent choice for golf courses.range of improved characteristics, including a finer texture, increased shade
Latitude 36™ Bermuda
Latitude 36 Bermudagrass is a top performer in the high-end turf market, suitable for athletic fields, tees, fringes, fairways, and roughs. It tolerates low mowing heights, recovers quickly from injury, and outshines other bermudagrasses in appearance.
Latitude 36 Bermudagrass, developed by the esteemed Oklahoma State University, is a top-rated NTEP bermudagrass. It exhibits resistance to spring dead spot and ranks as one of the most cold-tolerant bermudagrasses available. Additionally, it is known for its high traffic endurance and outstanding visual quality. With a finer texture than NorthBridge® Bermudagrass, Latitude 36 boasts superior tensile strength. It is perfectly suited for a range of applications in southern and transition zones, particularly golf courses.
Zorro Zoysia™
Zorro ranks as the top zoysia grass in the National Turf Evaluation Program (NTEP) trials. This fine-bladed zoysia variety boasts a deep green hue, making it perfect for golf courses. It’s remarkable shade tolerance, durability, disease resistance, and aesthetic appeal are leading to its preference over St. Augustine and centipede grasses.
In golfing circles, Zorro’s dense growth, fine texture, and versatility with different mowing heights create an exceptional playing surface for tees, fairways, and roughs. It can be neatly trimmed with a reel mower at 1/4″ or with a rotary mower at 3″. With better shade tolerance than most warm-season grasses, Zorro thrives where others cannot. Its excellent retention of fall color makes it a prime selection from tropical regions to the transition zones.
A groundbreaking product called Recognition is set to revolutionize the management of bermudagrass in zoysiagrass, enabling the comprehensive removal of bermudagrass and other undesirable grass varieties Recognition is heralding a new age in turfgrass management by providing unparalleled control over bermudagrass and protecting valuable grass species. The prospect of its use alongside other herbicides presents an exciting opportunity for the industry.
Stadium Zoysia
Stadium Zoysia showcases a fine to medium leaf texture combined with a rich green color. It boasts impressive shade and drought resistance, as well as exceptional salt tolerance. This grass features an extensive network of stolons, rhizomes, and roots, characterized by short stolon and internode lengths. It spreads quickly and possesses a density that suits high impact sports and facilitates golf course divot recovery. In simulated wear tolerance trials conducted at the University of Tennessee, Stadium Zoysia exhibited wear tolerance comparable to that of Tifway 419.