Shop Carefully
To date, most synthetic
back yard putting surfaces are installed using several inches and layers of
sand fill to make the grass fibers stand up, thus causing the putting surface
to become very fast. These surfaces require periodic broom sweeping to keep
the fibers upright, and water-rolling to keep the sand level.
Most of these synthetic
turf surfaces have a grain pattern that runs one way throughout the carpet,
making the ball skip or hop across the grain; these sand-filled greens also
need periodic sand-fill and expensive top dressing.
To create a ball speed
that is required of "tour greens", you need to fill the turf fibers
with sand and top dress right up to the top of the fibers. At that point,
you are putting almost entirely on sand and not the fibers. In time, the sand
will settle or wash out, and your sand-filled green will become much slower.
Now, with the new Mirage
Tour PuttTurf System, there is no need for deep sand-fill or top dressing.
Our new turf is designed "off the shelf" to putt just like a Tour
Green.
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