I discuss ATC blog posts, with supplementary information, stories, and the reasons why I thought the topic was worth writing about, and worth reading about. Thus, a doublecut of these topics. This covers grass selection, playability, and all the work done to create a certain type of turfgrass surface.
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What the ATC Doublecut is all about
Introducing the ATC Doublecut, in which I take a second look (thus the "double cut") at one of the ATC blog post topics, explaining why the topic is important enough f...
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