Golf Fairways Fertiliser Application

The application of fertiliser to a fairway can be quite contentious as with clippings being returned there shouldn’t really be much need for a fertiliser application, except on particularly worn areas which have been renovated.

There is no need to have a flush of growth on a fairway, as this would just mean additional mowing and removal of excess clippings in many cases. Inland parkland courses may have predominantly perennial ryegrass fairways, which is a hungry grass, but even in these situations any applied fertiliser should be carried out judiciously so as just to maintain a suitable sward coverage.

Encouraging fescue and bentgrass species into a fairway will reduce the need for much, if any in many cases, fertiliser to be routinely applied to a fairway.

Minimal interaction and wear take place on the large expanse of a fairway, except for some restricted access or exit routes and also where intermediate golf shots are played to get the golf ball to the green. These are the only locations that might require a small amount of fertiliser to aid establishment of repaired and seeded areas.