[Porsche-O-Phile]

Dumb question perhaps, but why does it matter? Seriously? What's the point in trying to have a golf course on your front yard if you don't have a golf course?

I'm not saying let the thing go to hell, but I'd let whatever natural plantlife wants to be there, be there. Just go trim it and keep it reasonably neat a couple times a year.

I utterly cannot understand the obsession with wasting one's free time on futile pursuits like trying to have a golf course green lawn - especially in climates that simply don't support it. I mean, if that's REALLY your thing, go for it and best of luck but if you're just doing it because "The Joneses" say so or to live up to some silly ideal that is ultimately unattainable, why are you wasting your time?

I go with indigenous plant species, tasteful rockscaping and edging/wood chips. It looks fine and is virtually zero maintenance in my place. I have better things to do with my time.