Pat - Are you referring to Belmont?
No, but, I liked their greens when I first played them years ago. I understand that they recently renovated the golf course including the regrassing of their greens.
Velvet Bent was developed northeast of Holyoke at Vesper CC in Tyngsboro by its super Manny.
That's not true.
German Bent (Velvet) existed in the early part of the 20th Century. It preceeded Francis's development of his particular strain of Velvet Bent, "Vespers", by at least 35-40 years
I was referencing a Tucker golf course.
Tucker came from a family that worked with grass.
He became a greenkeeper and an architect.
He was considered to be a turfgrass expert and was using German Bent (Velvet) as early as 1927, if not earlier.
It's a terrific putting surface, but, is a cool weather grass, that's what made me curious about its southernmost use.
I was also wondering how fast & firm German Bent (Velvet) could get and how aggressive the new strain is, if it can outcompete other northern grasses, especially poa.