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The Birth of the "Turf of the Millennium"
The Mirage Turf
System was introduced in September, 1998 by Dale G. Potts. An avid
golfer himself, Dale moved from the Midwest to Scottsdale, Arizona, where
the weather permitted him to enjoy this sport virtually year round.
Shortly after the move, Dale installed a real "bent-grass" putting green
in his own backyard.
I thought my real grass
putting green would be maintenance-free. Little did I realize that I
would have to mow it 4 to 5 times a week, buy a special 'tiff blade'
mower, aerate the green, overseed it once a year, and constantly spread
it with different types of chemicals. It was a real nightmare! Because
of the high maintenance, what I really needed was a full-time
greenskeeper!"
After about a year of
fighting the maintenance of his real bent-grass putting green, Dale
decided to remove it and install a synthetic putting green in his
backyard.
The turf material
available at that time was all based on the same premise - they all needed
deep layers of sand and top dressing to make the fibers stand upright. It
didn't take long before he became frustrated with certain "quirks"
associated with his new synthetic putting green:
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It required an extensive
amount of sand fill, which created a very fast and erratic putting
surface.
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It was hard to control the
ball speed, sometimes causing the ball to skip or hop.
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Deep sand-filled putting
surfaces are very labor-intensive and very expensive.
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This particular synthetic
turf required periodic broom sweeping to help the fibers stand upright
and keep the sand level.
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Over time, it became
difficult to keep the fibers standing upright and the surface simply
became too fast - it was essentially like putting on sand!
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Because deep sand-filled
turf has a grain, the ball does not roll the same in all directions.
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Aesthetically, single-color
synthetic surfaces were less-natural-looking, almost fake-looking,
because the fibers were all one shinny color. (A real green is not
perfect in color. Natural grass blades are different shades of green.)
After several months of
research, Dale developed the Mirage Turf System.
The Mirage Turf
System consists of a synthetic turf that is made of polypropylene and
nylon, textured, multi-color fibers that have been naturally bent to
create a real bent-grass look. The fibers stand up naturally and do not
require any sand in-fill to help them stand up or make the putting surface
smooth. The spring-set, textured fibers of this new turf have been
designed to spring or "bounce back", thus creating a soft, spongy surface
making it realistic to chip onto.
The
Mirage Turf System does not require deep sand in-fill to create proper
ball-speed (our Tour-Putt product has Stimp meter readings comparable to
PGA greens). Not only does the Mirage Turf look and perform more like a
bent-grass putting green, it also costs less, because the
installation process is not nearly as time-consuming.
It is not just the turf material that makes up a
professional synthetic putting green.. it is the process or system of the
finished product. Thus, came the birth of the Mirage Turf Putting Green
System!
The Mirage
Turf System is most affordable, realistic,
best-performing, multi-color, bent-grass putting surface in the world.
All Mirage Putting Green
Systems are installed exclusively by M.P.G.A. certified and trained
installers. All installed turf systems conform to M.P.G.A. standards.
M.P.G.A. members are professionally trained and certified by Mirage
Putting Greens International, Inc. in the technologies and installation of
the Mirage Synthetic Turf System. Rigorous training, testing and ongoing
seminars assures that Mirage Putting Green Dealers are qualified, from
site selection, to base preparation, to turf sculpturing, to proper
seaming, to proper roll & ball speed, thus assuring "The World's Most
Realistic Synthetic Putting Surface."
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