To date, most synthetic putting surfaces are installed using several inches and layers of deep sand fill to make the grass fibres stand up, thus causing the putting surface to become very fast, unplayable and unrealistic.
Most of these synthetic turf surfaces have a grain pattern that runs one way throughout the carpet, making the ball skip or hop across the grain; these deep sand filled greens also need periodic sand-fill and expensive top dressing. (Just like real greens!)
To create a ball speed that is required of “tour greens”, you need to fill the turf fibres with sand and top dress right up to the top of the fibres. At that point, you are putting almost entirely on sand and not the fibres. In time, the sand will settle or wash out, leaving your sand-filled green to roll unrealistically.
The new turf from European Golf is designed "off the shelf" to putt like a real "tour green".
The Tour Proven TP1 surface has stimp speeds comparable to most Professional Tour Events without using any sand fill or top dressing at all. Our new turf fibres have been manufactured to stand up naturally, and our turf has virtually no grain therefore reducing hops and skips, and the ball rolls the same in all directions. The tips of the fibres have been bent to simulate the true roll of a real bent grass green.
