bent-grass


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Noun1.bent-grass - grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greensbent-grass - grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
Agrostis, genus Agrostis - annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland)
Agrostis canina, brown bent, dog bent, Rhode Island bent, velvet bent, velvet bent grass - common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves
Agrostis nebulosa, cloud grass - Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets
Agrostis palustris, creeping bent, creeping bentgrass - common pasture or lawn grass spread by long runners
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Designed by architect Ron Gaff and opened in 1988, Stonehenge measures 6,829 yards and complements its bent-grass tees, fairways and greens with distinctly Scottish-style high grasses, waste bunkers and mounds.
The 82-year-old tree-lined course offers a classic layout with rolling terrain in places, level ground in others and fast bent-grass greens that should be at their peak in May.
Play is affected by bent-grass fairways that eliminate roll as well as Lake Michigan winds that can easily add a few strokes.
PVCC underwent a $1.6 million renovation in 1999 that rebuilt its Bent-grass greens, reworked the bunkers and updated its drainage system.
The course has bent-grass tees, greens and fairways.
The course also has a touch of luxury: bent-grass fairways.
When Quapaw Golf Links opened at the northeast corner of state Highway 391 and Faulkner Lake Road in September 1993, it was considered the best daily-fee course in the area, owing to its fast bent-grass greens and Scottish-style links layout.
Early plans call for a 7,000-yard, par-72 course with bent-grass greens and Bermuda fairways and a lighted driving range.
Like Diamante, it has bent-grass greens and zoysia fairways.