CHAPTER XIII 



The Peculiar Requirements of 

 Putting Greens 



Why a poor soil is preferred — Special grasses — Worms and their 

 ■'casts" — ^Watering, rolling, feeding and other care. 



A PUTTING GREEN differs fundamentally 

 from a lawn ; the only association of the two 

 lies in the fact that both consist of grass. 

 The golfer demands a green upon which the 

 ball may be played with the same delicacy 

 and precision of touch as the billiard player 

 seeks in the bed of his table. But there is 

 this difference; while the billiard table must 

 be an absolute level, the putting green must 

 have a rolling or undulating surface. 



As to the grass : what is needed is a short, 

 very dense, springy turf on a very firm soil- 

 bed. The grass therefore must be of a very 

 fine-leaved kind, which will make a growth 

 so close to the ground as to be almost a part 

 of it. For these reasons it is evident that 

 the Kentucky blue grass (or any other of the 

 poas) is quite unsuitable. On the other 



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