This question has been asked many times since Bill Augustine bought the golf course and renamed it Vineyard Golf at White Lake. Augustine had the foresight to install Mini Verde bermuda greens.
In the past few years Vineyard Golf (known as White Lake Golf Course and Carolina Sands Golf Course) had either bermuda or bent grass. Bent grass was found to not work well in southeastern North Carolina due to basically the high humidity that we have in the summer. Bent works well in a cooler climate.
Some of the attractions of Mini Verde greens are:
• MiniVerde® Bermudagrass is a high shoot density bermudagrass for production of high quality golf greens. MiniVerde® Bermudagrass tolerates continuous close mowing, has a dark green genetic color and excellent low temperature color retention.
• In mild climates, such as we have in Southeastern North Carolina, MiniVerde® Bermudagrass variety may make sufficient growth through the winter months so that overseeding is not required to provide an attractive winter color. MiniVerde® Bermudagrass variety is adapted for use on native soil, high-sand soil, and high CEC root zone mix with high sand content.
• MiniVerde® Bermudagrass will tolerate relatively high amounts of sodium and therefore is adapted for use with reclaimed water. MiniVerde® Bermudagrass also will perform best at soil pH levels of 5.5 to 6.5.
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