Creeping red fescue tolerates shade better than Kentucky bluegrass.

For dry sites, choose a mixture containing large amounts of creeping red fescue (60 to 65%), Kentucky bluegrass (20 to 25%) and perennial ryegrass (15 to 20%).

In 2001, Seaward made a bold decision (in groundskeeper circles) to convert all of the courts to a 100-percent perennial rye grass, replacing the traditional mix of 70-percent rye and 30-percent creeping red fescue.