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Which putting green would you like to have?
Deep Sand Filled Greens versus Mirage Tour Putt
Deep sand-fill greens
are constructed using poloypropolene turf. This type of turf has stiff
vertical fibers that require several layers of deep sand fill to keep
the fibers stand upright. Although there are several different
companies offering variations of this type of synthetic turf, the turf
material used in these greens are all based on the same premise - they
require deep layers of sand and top dressing to make the fibers stand
upright.
Deep sand-fill greens require an extensive amount of sand fill, which
creates a very fast and erratic putting surface. The ball reacts
differantly on the identical putts because the sand alters the
direction the ball rolls. The ball may break right the first putt, go
straight the second putt and break left the third put.
- Ball speed is very hard to control, sometimes causing the ball to skip or hop.
- Deep sand-filled putting surfaces are very labor-intensive and very expensive to maintain.
- Deep sand-filled putting surfaces requires periodic broom sweeping to help the fibers stand upright and keep the sand level.
- Over time, it becomes difficult to keep the fibers
standing upright and the surface simply becomes too fast - it is
essentially like putting on a packed sand.
- Aesthetically, single-color synthetic surfaces are less-natural-looking, and become very dull and faded over time.
The Mirage Tour Putt Turf System
The Mirage Turf System was developed By Dale Potts- and engineer and fournder of Mirage Putting Greens International.
The Mirage Tour Putt Turf System
consists of a synthetic turf that is made of polypropylene and nylon,
textured, multi-color fibers that have been naturally bent to create a
real bent-grass look.
The fibers stand up naturally and do not require any sand in-fill to
help them stand up or make the putting surface smooth. The spring-set,
textured fibers of this new turf have been designed to spring or
"bounce back", thus creating a soft, spongy surface making it realistic
to chip onto.
The Mirage Tour Putt Turf System does
not require deep sand in-fill to create proper ball-speed (our
Tour-Putt product has Stimp meter readings comparable to PGA greens).
Not only does the Mirage Turf look and perform more like a bent-grass
putting green.
It is not just the turf material that makes up a professional synthetic
putting green.. it is the process or system of the finished product.
Thus, came the birth of the Mirage Tour Putt Turf Putting Green System.
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