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Chris_Clouser

Blue on the Greens?
« on: August 21, 2008, 04:46:01 PM »
I have a question for those that might know.  My boss surprised me today by taking me out for golf on my last day at work. 

We played at a course here locally.  On the first hole I noticed something weird.  When I picked up my ball after holing out it was covered in a blue dye.  I've never seen this.  It was on all of the greens throughout the course.  I'm assuming this is used to "green" up the greens so the players don't complain about them browning out.  But what is this stuff?  Is it something that is dangerous to me? 

PS
Sorry John K about canceling, if I had known that was why he was coming to town I would have probably tried to get you hooked up with use. 
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Bob Jenkins

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Re: Blue on the Greens?
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2008, 04:47:10 PM »

Fertilizer
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Ian Larson

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Re: Blue on the Greens?
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2008, 04:52:26 PM »
Yeah, that means that they sprayed their greens. The blue is a dye called tracker so that the guy spraying can see where his last pass was so he doesnt skip or overlap too much. What you touched on your ball could have been fertilizer, fungicide, herbicide...anything.

Because you had it on every green I would guess you were one of the early groups following the sprayer. This is exactly why I promote spraying in the evenings unless its a soils spray that gets watered in.
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Kalen Braley

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Re: Blue on the Greens?
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2008, 04:56:58 PM »
Couer D' Alene resort does this with thier fertilzer applications as well.  The mix is dyed ANGC green and they spray it everywhere...rough, fairways, greens...
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Anthony_Nysse

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Re: Blue on the Greens?
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2008, 05:01:16 PM »
Chris,
  It's a spray dye indicator for where the sprayer has been, to make sure that they is'nt any overlap.

Tony Nysse
Asst. Supt.
Colonial CC
Ft. Worth, TX
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Anthony J. Nysse
Director of Golf Courses & Grounds
Apogee Club
Hobe Sound, FL

Marty Bonnar

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Re: Blue on the Greens?
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2008, 05:19:14 PM »
Don't eat yellow snow

and

NEVER lick Blue balls.

(Just some advice from an old Scot)

FBD.
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Washed the people coal-black from the hole in the ground.

Chris_Clouser

Re: Blue on the Greens?
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2008, 07:24:52 PM »
Thanks everyone. 
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Cory Brown

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Re: Blue on the Greens?
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2008, 07:42:42 PM »
Never lick your balls ever.  The vast majority of chemicals used on golf courses are very safe, and any product which could be potentially unsafe should be posted before application.  However the fact is you never know and should keep your golf ball out of your mouth anyway.

Also if you ever have any question about what has been applied to the greens your Golf Course Superintendent should be more than happy to answer those questions.
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Eric_Terhorst

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Re: Blue on the Greens?
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2008, 08:03:02 PM »
Isn't that a classic Miles Davis track?
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