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The staggering science and art behind Wimbledon's legendary grass courts

by hbcondo714 on 7/6/24, 11:09 PM with 13 comments

• by danjc on 7/7/24, 4:29 PM

  An article that is staggeringly sparse on information.

• by 082349872349872 on 7/7/24, 4:57 PM

  If you think a beer ad might be more informative than TFA, here's Wimbledon's resident hawk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CST629ad4bU

• by ggm on 7/7/24, 12:19 AM

  Most of the article is uninformative. They switched to 100% ryegrass, it's more resilient and grows straighter making for a more even court which endures.

  Wimbledon has a lot of rest time. Other pitches fare worse, have more varied and heavy use year round.

  A lot of modern stadium grass pitches have invested heavily in removable central sections, so cricket can have a chance to share the ground with rugby. And, carefully constructed gravel and sand underbed for optimal drainage. Fans wax lyrical about hallowed turf and its possible for sentiment reasons they keep a few corms of the original turf but honestly? Modern grass is probably better than the old sward, sports-wise. They can cover it with flooring for an Adele concert and be back in usable state for play in under a month.

  Doing cricket commentary for TV South African born but English captain Tony Greig used to hack at the cracks in the 22 yards with his car keys. The groundsmen would have hated him. Sorry Caw-Kies.

• by vr46 on 7/7/24, 4:35 PM

  Crap article. Here’s a better one on pitch grass and turf.

  https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/15/silicon-val...