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ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF WINTER FAIRWAY MATS
Playing golf during the winter months can be a problem for every greenkeeper and member of the ground staff. Winter tees and winter greens can be introduced to protect the summer tees and greens. Unfortunately the fairways have to be played on to allow a game of golf. A recent survey showed, that on an average golf course played during the winter, by an average number of players, the total area of divots taken out was equal to the size of a football pitch. This area has to be replaced in the springtime at great cost in materials and labour by re-turfing or divotmix.
THERE ARE SIX WAYS TO PLAY GOLF ON THE FAIRWAYS DURING THE WINTER MONTHS
  1. EXACTLY AS IN SUMMER. We golfers love this but it results in expensive ground maintenance due to divots that do not grow back at low winter temperatures.
  2. PREFERRED LIES. This allows the player to move the ball to a new better position and then take a divot.
  3. PEG THE BALL UP. Low handicappers push the peg in to ground level and then take a divot whilst high handicappers tend to miss the ball altogether.
  4. PICK UP THE BALL. From where it lands on the fairway, walk to the nearest side and drop the ball on the edge of the fairway. This is not a true game of golf and it either blocks your next shot to the green or opens up the green. It is also time wasting. The other disadvantage is that a concentration of divots are taken out covering a 50 yard stretch down both sides of the fairways around average driving distances.
  5. DIVOT NAILS. After taking a divot in the first place, these nails have certain merits during the summer months when the soil is warm enough for the roots of divots to grow back. However they are of little use during the winter months when the ground is too cold for the roots to grow back, or when the ground is soft and wet and the divot disintegrates into a shower of tiny pieces, usually over your face and clothes.
  6. WINTER FAIRWAY MATS. Allows the ball to be played from within a few inches of where it landed on the fairway. THERE ARE NO DIVOTS - NO GROUND MAINTENANCE and NO TIME WASTING. The playing surface is consistent even if the ground is soft and wet or frozen hard. THE COURSE CAN ALSO BE PLAYED APPROX 20% MORE USING MATS DURING ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN IT WOULD NORMALLY HAVE TO BE CLOSED WITHOUT MATS. THIS PROVIDES MORE INCOME FOR THE CLUB BY WAY OF - VISITORS GREEN FEES - DRINKS AND FOOD - PRO SHOP etc.