Enhanced Maintenance

A category of turf maintenance which categorises variables in a way that captures the general outcomes and returns from inputs to a sports turf surface. For this category, additional physical-mechanical and material inputs and fine-tuning will be undertaken, and these will primarily only significantly improve surfaces where a better understanding of the management of turfgrass surfaces is applied. Increased efforts without applied understanding will not necessarily improve the desired outcome.

There will be a reducing return for the inputs made at the enhanced level, but surface and presentational quality will, however, be significantly noticeable. Another aim of enhanced maintenance is to achieve maximal carry capacity of a surface on a consistent basis throughout a playing season.