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• n  grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns

• What's more, rye, unlike fescue, grows in tufts that stand straight up; these tufts slow a tennis ball down as it lands.
• It's also a superintendent's dream: tough fescue grass makes up 94% of this Pacific Northwest terrain, requiring half the water and half the work of traditional courses.
• As head gardener of the White House, Williams solves the problem by planting K31 fescue on the South Lawn and a mixture of bluegrass and fescue on the North Lawn, which faces .

• fescue grass
• meadow fescue
• Festuca elatior

News & Articles

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• Harris English chips into the rough ... intentionally
  The deep pot bunkers at the British Open can sometimes make in impossible to advance the ball forward. Harris English found out the hard way when his ball landed close enough to the bunker wall that his only option was to chip out into the thick fescue rough. You know things are going bad when that is your best option. English went on to triple bogey the hole. More golf from SB Nation: • While ...
  July 18, 2013 - SB Nation
• 2013 Open Championship: Thomas Bjorn breaks lens on ESPN's $80K camera
  The Open Championship can get a little chaotic, with 156 players zig-zagging across the inward and outward links of Great Britain. With the wind and high fescue, there are always some interesting shots over the 15-hours days that mark the first two rounds.
  July 18, 2013 - Philly.com
• 2013 Open Championship: Thomas Bjorn breaks ESPN's $80K camera
  The Open Championship can get a little chaotic, with 156 players zig-zagging across the inward and outward links of Great Britain. With the wind and high fescue, there are always some interesting shots over the 15-hours days that mark the first two rounds.
  July 18, 2013 - Philly.com