Rolling Greens

The following clip shows a greens roller in action. We use rolling to both smooth the putting surface and increase speeds. There is also evidence that rolling greens results in a lower incidents of turfgrass diseases, such as dollar spot. Rolling greens provides us the opportunity to give the greens a weekly break from daily mowing without effecting the playability of the putting surface.

Operating the machine takes some time to perfect and is not a job for those who suffer from motion sickness. It is a nice job to give those college students who are late to work after a long night on the town. One morning of rolling greens after a night with a few too many drinks and I am assured they won't be late again.

We currently follow the rotation of:
Three days/week - mow and roll;
Three days/week - mow only;
Once/week - roll only.