Sand-green courses were once were common on the wind-swept plains and in other places it was difficult to maintain grass, the Associated Press reports.
Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina had sand greens until 1935. Improved technology – in sprinkler systems and more durable strains of turf – led many courses to switch to grass greens in the 1950s and ’60s.
Today, there might be 150 nationwide, out of nearly 16,000 golf courses total, with about 20 of the sand-green courses in Nebraska, estimates Jeff Bollig of the GCSAA.
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