Historical Green speeds and Mowing heights Cancel The title field is required!

1. Dustin Riley

   

   8 posts
   
   5/17/2016 10:05 AM

   Good morning,
   
   
   
   My Club is currently celebrating it's 100 year anniversary. Throughout the season, there are several celebration events. The Committee is relishing the 'like it was' theme and will be having a hickory shaft event, stymie putting demonstration and even using sand mounds in place wooden tees.
   
   
   
   I'm recommending creating a putting challenge, but on early 1900's conditions. I have a large, flat, bentgrass area that surrounding my putting green that is maintained @ 0.325. As of this morning this area is stimping 5' 3". I have a call into the USGA, but I'm wondering if anyone has found data on the earliest green speeds. So, if we have a putting contest on a surface with similar 1915 green speed, I'd like to post that speed and possibly even other well known courses and their 'old' green speeds.
   
   
   
   I think it would be fun to have the documentation in addition to reproducing green speeds 'like it was'.
   
   
   
   Any help would great for historical green speed and/or mowing height records..
   
   
   
   Thanks

   
   
   
   
2. Larry Allan

   

   0 posts
   
   5/17/2016 12:05 PM

   I just looked at an article stating greens were cut at 1/4 inch on the PGA tour in the early 60s if that is any help

   
   
   
   
3. Kenneth Ingram

   

   18 posts
   
   5/17/2016 1:05 PM

   I was in TGIF for something else. Searched putting green mowing height history and got this. Pretty interesting.
   
   http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/msufd/article/20031.pdf

   
   
   
   
4. Brendan Rapp

   

   0 posts
   
   5/29/2016 5:05 PM

   Ken Ingram you are the best. It's amazing to see how much the game and expectations have changed in a relatively short time. Where will it be in 20 years? I'm pretty sure heights won't ever be lower than they are now

   
   
   
   
5. Bedford Mike P

   
   5/29/2016 7:05 PM

   Sorry this doesn't reference speeds or heights, but for a good read on the evolution of greens this is one of my favorites.
   Can you imagine using a 5 ton steam roller? Or putting on compressed cottonseed hulls?
   http://catalogimages.wiley.com/images/d ... xcerpt.pdf

   
   
   
   
6. Robert Tillema

   

   21 posts
   
   5/29/2016 8:05 PM

   Dusin, what about a sand green. I played a course in Clinton, Iowa in the 1980's that had sand greens. Most golfers have never seen sand greens.

   
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