Last Updated: Oct 31, 2023

Golf Grass Types: Fescue

Fescue, also known as "cabbage" is longer grass famously found on links golf courses, but also common on regular golf courses worldwide.

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Fescue, also known as "cabbage" is longer grass famously found on links golf courses, but also common on regular golf courses worldwide. You can play shots from this grass, but it's a lot harder and you'll often lose your golf ball in this type of grass.

how it's used in a sentence

I hit my drive into the fescue and now it's going to be hard to find.

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