Exciting New Turf Varieties for the Australian Golf Market TRINITY ZOYSIA & PRIMO ZOYSIA
Trinity and Primo Zoysia are two fantastic new turf varieties developed at Bladerunner Farms by David Doguet, for specialty use in golf courses. Mr Doguet is the largest private zoysia grass breeder in the world. These new zoysia varieties are providing never before seen solutions in warm season, shade tolerant turfgrasses. Trinity Zoysia Trinity Zoysia is a Zoysia Matrella grass bred specifically for the golf market but has some other fantastic and exciting uses in the residential market as well. When compared to another popular Zoysia Matrella Sir Grange, Trinity has a finer leaf and a denser growing pattern, meaning it
can keep a dense matting at a lower cut height. Trinity is the first zoysia grass that can achieve PGA ball speeds as a greens grade grass and is unique in the fact it can be used wall to wall on a golf course. Tee’s, fairway’s, surrounds, roughs, and greens can all be turfed with Trinity Zoysia and maintained at different heights. This is a very unique trait and limits the chance of contamination on a golf course and makes management much easier. While being the same variety, you still get excellent contrast using different mowing heights. Being a zoysia grass, Trinity has good drought tolerance, uses a lot less fertiliser and pesticides and has excellent salt
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tolerance. Its slow growth traits also means it requires a lot less mowing, with courses in the US only mowing their Trinity twice a week in peak season which is a huge saving for a golf course. Trinity Zoysia is the grass of choice for several famous golf courses around the world, including Trinity Forest Golf Club which is home to the famous AT&T Byron Nelson Tournament. Trinity is also used on greens and surrounds on Michael Jordan’s private championship course Grove XXIII as well as several other new courses in the US. Primo Zoysia Primo Zoysia is another Zoysia Matrella grass that was bred with the golf market in mind.
