He will take sand, soil, gravel, and organic material samples back to his lab. Sand and gravel will be in 10 liter buckets and go through a version of the Mad Scientist’s Olympics for soils. After testing their character, identifying personality problems (we hope to find one without any disorders), and to see who behaves well with their downstairs neighbor (the gravel layer), he creates the magic formula. This version of a cake mix for putting greens should have them drain quickly after heavy rains, and hold just enough moisture in the rootzone when it is hot and dry.
Building quality greens requires the right materials, and then testing the material delivered or mixed every so often. Get it a little wrong and it could spell headaches for the superintendent for years to come. As the saying goes…test twice, build once.
Anton Moorbach must be quite busy. He doesn’t have a website!
Tony Ristolaagolfarchitect.com
agolfarchitect@yahoo.com
+1 (909) 581 0080
