Benefits of curling the Green

Rular is a popular practice on golf courses around the world. Its impact is not immediately apparent, many people don't understand its use but its effects are proven. Let's review it!

The roller consists of a heavy cylinder that is self-propelled or pulled by a tractor and rolled over a surface. It is widely used on all types of grass surfaces. Football pitches, tennis courts and especially golf courses, where it is used several times a week.

The mowing can be done with stand-alone machines or with couplings on the mowing machines. Depending on the circumstances, it may be more convenient to mulch always when mowing or to mulch with the separate machines. The stress increases as the curling increases, so in summer it is advisable to reduce it.

When a green is well bunkered the playability improves so much that a slightly higher turf height can be maintained, thus greatly reducing scalping and allowing for a more vigorous plant.

The direct benefits of curling are:

• Increasing the speed and smoothness of the green
• Facilitates the incorporation of sand into the fillings.
• Smoothes the surface against wear and tear
• greatly reduces the occurrence of algae and dollar spot disease
• Helps to dilute organic matter

Alternating mowing and ploughing allows you to cut the greens less and still have fast greens.

Frequent medium-term grading has a number of important benefits that will help to bring the course to a higher quality standard. For various reasons sometimes a green can be too fast for good play or too stressed. In these cases it may be sufficient to just roll a couple of metres around the hole.

The best way to know the evolution of the gameplay on the green is through the Stimpmeter y Parrymeter. With the Stimpmeter we will calculate the evolution of the speed of the green and with the Parrymeter we will evaluate the smoothness and reliability of the ball when kicking.

Do you want to know the impact of the rollers on your greens? Try Stimpmeter y Parrymeter and monitors the evolution of the green.