The Old Course at St Andrews is sort of an example. While many of the greens there were natural and always had turf on them, #6's green consisted of hardened sand and random sprigs of heather, and #7's green consisted of a mixture of that and shells. Hense, #6's name, Heathery, and the bunker in front of #7's green, Shell Bunker. When Old Tom Morris became custodian of the links, he turfed them, probably using sod, as opposed to seeding. In a few short years after his work, the greens were of the same quality of the other greens on the course.