There is no golf course in the US Capitol compound – sadly, there is no doubt in the minds of many lawmakers. But lately, the western part of the building has been smaller than the backyard of Congress and the Congress Club. What was once a mudslide is today an area of 144,000 square feet (although such activities are strictly forbidden) for a 7-iron step.
This re-emerges western grass emerges it is Golf Course, somehow-designer-lawn decoration in collaboration with the United States Golf Association. “It’s an American compound. Everyone is watching, everyone is taking pictures, ”said Mike Naas, ‘Grass Manager’ at Capitol Campus. “It has to be treated like a sports field. He finds such a dress and tear. Before working for Capitol Architect, Naas had a similar job as a golf course manager at the Silver Spring Argele Country Club, and he called USGA for profit-related advice. Nass When he is assigned to fix the Capitol in the surrounding green in 2018, why not bring him the country’s first grassroots to help him?
The golf team sent a farmer, Eliot Dowling, to investigate. Dowling is a hard-working grasshopper with a college degree in horticulture and horticulture. His Diagnosis: Capitol grounds need warm weather grass that can withstand crowding without great care. The team has finally reached the 31st in Tahoma, where various Atlantic courses have become a rallying point.
Dowling for the U.S. But it was fun to be in the grass on Capitol grass. “I ‘m going to have a lot of fun,” he says. It was the only picture I had on my lawn that I really took and showed my family and friends.
After the grass type was selected, the next step was for Naas and his staff to plant it, which they did in two steps in early 2019 and early 2020. The grass is asleep.
Today, Gob visitors can cry and walk on the green, and even walk on it. But what do experts think? We called the local Fayway Pro Ryan Severit, Director of Golf Courses and Campus Operations at the Wudmont Country Club. He approved their varietal choice (he himself uses Tahoma 31). But will Severidt enjoy posting the poster on the new Capitol grass? Of course he speaks, but only if you “allow me.”
This article will appear in the September 2021 issue of the Washington Post.