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The Doublecut with Micah WoodsI discuss turfgrass management topics, usually starting with a blog post, sharing supplementary information, stories, and the reasons why I thought the topic was worth writing about, and worth reading about. Author: Micah Woods
I discuss turfgrass management topics, usually starting with a blog post, sharing supplementary information, stories, and the reasons why I thought the topic was worth writing about, and worth reading about. Thus, a doublecut of these topics. This covers grass selection, playability, and all the work done to create a certain type of turfgrass surface. Language: en Genres: Golf, Natural Sciences, Science, Sports Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Measuring green speed, sloped greens, flat spots, and the Brede equation
Episode 216
Sunday, 25 October, 2026
The Brede equation takes the harmonic mean of the uphill and downhill directions to give the precise stimpmeter measurement with no overestimation.The update discussed is https://paceturf.org/updates/newton-and-green-speed/Read Dr. Brede's article "Measuring Green Speed on Sloped Putting Greens" from the Green Section Record at https://gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/?file=/1990s/1990/901110.pdfRead Chris Hartwiger's article "Location, Location, Location: Choosing Good Spots To Measure Green Speed" from the Green Section Record at https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/course-care/green-section-record/64/issue-13/location--location--location--choosing-good-spots-to-measure-gre.htmlFind a suite of decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/Get free newsletters at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/
