Repairs and pub Hsieh, is responsible for everything: care and The operator rents the facility. "It is real working class: seniors, every rainbow in the city", juniors, hsieh said. Global Syn-Turf distributes to all states in the US. Homeowners now have the choice to replace their old lawn with elegant artificial turf. Global Syn-Turf offers many different products with a variety of advanced technologies to go along with them. To reinstall the nine holes with new synthetic putting greens Hsieh, tom Bastis donated roughly $140000. Replacing the entire golf course with synthetic grass would solve the issue but would also be very pricy. Luckily for homeowners, the water bill issue can be solved. Even so, the latest increase in water rates has caused the course operator to consider closing the course Hsieh. A 'real' golf course would probably use twice as much". Gleneagles has a different financial setup than other local public courses. And we've tried to soldier on", he said, he says "We deal with a lot out here. This particular golf course has survived many economic issues and has maintained its excellent fake turf. "But this water rate raise could be a deathblow". fake grass never needs watering and seems even better than a real lawn. Many golfers believe that Gleneagles will turn back around. and recommends professional installers to make sure your new lawn looks flawless. found that out the hard way in 2010 when an insect infestation killed the grass on all the greens. turns out; water rates are nonetheless increasing. But the low cost makes it, lot of golfers play, so they barely break even. "We're probably at 1500, rounds a month". Says that ever since the water bill increased by fifty percent, he has been reconsidering whether or not to keep the course going. And maintenance on a 52-year-old facility is a slow loss, hsieh says he can't raise fees without approval from City Hall. We water a lot less in places where the ball should not be. Each round is $19 A. "We adopted a firm-and-fast style of play", says Hsieh "We. Tired of paying for high water bills and lawn maintenance? Look into some synthetic grass!. But he would like to discuss an arrangement like what the Recreation and Park Department has at its other courses, where the city chips in for general maintenance ~SFGate It, make that kind of investment and doesn't expect the city to step up, like Harding Park. Gleneagles is a challenging golf course in San Fransisco that has been struggling with maintenance. use a lot less water than previous owners.