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“I’ve worked on most of the ultradwarf bermudas available today. After our grow-in last summer, and how the transition has been this year, I can confidently say Mach 1 is the superior ultradwarf by far. The plant is small, and the leaves tend to grow more vertically, making a smooth and consistent ball speed easily achievable. With light grooming, light vertical mowing, and topdressing, we have an extremely high-quality product that I am proud of. With our fungicide and fertility program, Mach 1 doesn’t seem to have any off-type grasses or hereditary diseases that I have experienced with other ultradwarf greens in my region. I would 110% recommend this grass for anyone who is looking for an ultradwarf bermuda.”

“The Mach 1 performed beyond our expectations. We covered once this past winter for 4 days with the low temperature being 16° and having no issues transitioning in the spring. We truly love the color variation that it gives against the fairways and approaches. It really stands out against the 419 Bermuda. The Mach 1 grow-in was faster than expected. We had full coverage within 6 weeks and opened for play at 8 weeks… We opened to rave reviews with no complaints or “they’ll be good next summer” comments from the golfers. The greens were perfect for the first tee time on opening day.”

“I have been managing ultradwarf bermuda turf for putting surfaces for over 25 years and have found Mach 1 provides a high-quality putting surface in southeastern Louisiana. Its qualities include evenly distributed color, high leaf-blade density, and very clean ball roll and speed. It performs well throughout all four seasons. The turf speed is easily managed in between 9 and 15 depending on the green contours.”

“Mach 1 is a great ultradwarf bermudagrass. We planted the sprigs in mid-April 2022 and they fully grew in within 6 weeks on new greens cavities.  We were able to open the new greens for our membership on July 1st 2022. My experience with Mach 1 is that it is a very fine-bladed variety able to produce a wonderful putting surface because of its extreme density. It has a heavy stolon mat in the upper 1” of the soil profile that produces its density. It has nice rooting ability and responds favorably to low rates of plant growth regulators. The thing that really stood out to me during my time growing it is the purity of the planting stock and the ease of producing a really good putting surface through regular applications of Primo, light topdressings, and regular grooming and brushing practices. It also thrives under low mowing heights, we regularly mowed our greens at 0.07” to produce green speeds in excess of 12’ every day for our membership.”

“It’s going great! We haven’t had a lot of good weather, wind blowing 30 mph after some clouds, and they still look amazing!”