Where do ideas come from? Developing a better method to blend green and tee mixes, the Minnesota way by Ron Bloom and Jack MacKenzie
So what does a person do when a situation requires a solution? Perhaps the current answer is simple and effective, but with changes in technology and expectations, there usually is an even “better way” to create a superior product. It takes somebody to grasp the challenge and enhance the methodology. In the “old days” of golf course construction, soil mixes were created using front end loaders scooping and dumping and scooping and dumping specific portions of sand, peat and organic laden dirt on an asphalt or concrete pad to “blend” materials to be used for greens and tees. It took diligence and a skilled equipment operator to blend these materials to specifications dictated by golf course builders and architects. While possible to accomplish, there had to be a better way to create consistently blended products that were duplicatable. One of the pioneers in the golf course soil blending Page 32
