Golf Course Standards for Rough Areas

There will be more variability as to what might be decided to be included within initial performance measures, but the following can act as suitable guides: grass height; surface evenness to address holes and irregularities such as rabbit scrapes, which can be a foot / trip hazard; vegetative cover, which might also include wild flowers as well as heather; percentage of scrub encroachment, especially in a rough, which could be included to aid monitoring any increasing trend which would indicate that action would need to be taken to limit any further encroachment.

A semi-rough would typically have similar criteria to that of a golf fairway, although with less narrow parameters.