Healthy turf starts with balanced soil structure and pore space. Profile Golf™ combines agronomic consultation with Profile® Porous Ceramic and Profile® Field & Fairway® amendments to improve sand-based and native soil root zones for golf courses worldwide. These kiln-fired porous ceramic particles help restore ideal air- and water-holding capacity, increase total porosity, resist compaction and traffic, and enhance moisture and nutrient retention compared to unamended sand. Research from multiple universities shows reduced localized dry spots, improved infiltration, delayed drought stress and no salinity hazards when Profile inorganic amendments are incorporated into turfgrass root zones.
Key Points
- Profile Golf™ pairs experienced project management and agronomic consultation with soil solutions that support long-term turf health and cost-effective turf establishment.
- Profile® Porous Ceramic provides 74% total porosity with 35% air-holding and 39% water-holding pore space, high stability and CEC 33 meq./100g to balance air, water and nutrient retention in sand-based greens.
- Sand/Profile blends showed an 18% increase in drainage, 9% increase in non-capillary pore space, 13% increase in capillary pore space and 18% increase in total porosity versus 100% sand, while sand/peat decreased drainage by 45%.
- University and field studies report reduced localized dry spot, higher infiltration, less compaction in high-traffic native soils, delayed drought stress and no salinity hazards when root zones are amended with Profile inorganic products.
