Korai Zoysia and dwarf seashore paspaulm for putting surfaces. Feedback

[Randy Thompson]

Some of you that work in Asia, have you come across greens of Korai Zoysia? Has anybody on the site selected this grass for a course over there or have any experience directly or indirectly with this grass. Same question for dwarf seashore paspalm. Thanks!

[Bill_McBride]

Randy, I don't know if Forrest Richardson.  I don't think he's worked in Asia but did install paspalum on the Links at Las Paloma, his course at Puerto Penasco, Mexico, on the Sea of Cortez.  I thought it was a great surface for tight fairways and slick greens, all with saltwater irrigation.  

[Micah Woods]

For a bit about korai and videos of ball roll under tournament conditions see:

http://www.blog.asianturfgrass.com/2013/09/notes-from-a-japanese-pro-tournament-korai-greens-data-and-rain.html

For data on performance characteristics of korai greens and seashore paspalum greens see:

http://www.files.asianturfgrass.com/20120802_data_report.pdf

[Randy Thompson]

Micha,
Great stuff, just what I was looking for,,,thanks!
Randy