Why RZ Sports Turf
At RZ Sports Turf, we can provide in-depth knowledge of the care necessary for an athletic field surface. Over the years, our primary focus has become providing safe, natural turf for athletic fields.
We are third-generation turf grass installation experts and have been providing turf and lawn care in northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan areas for over 36 years. We create safe and healthy playing fields for the long term.
RZ Sports Turf strongly believes in community pride. Perhaps there’s no other event that brings together a community like a sporting event. We recognize that an athletic field is more than just a sports field. It’s where hard work and discipline meet opportunities, and goals are achieved. It’s where kids become future leaders by working toward a common ambition.
You deserve and should expect a safe and healthy playing environment for athletes to perform at their best. This is where RZ Sports Turf can help by improving the existing condition of your athletic fields. If your school, university, municipality, or association’s athletic field needs renovations or repairs, we are your go-to solution.
We service the following states: Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Wisconsin.
Committed to Athletic Field Excellence
RZ Sports Turf strongly believes in community pride. Perhaps there’s no other event that brings together a community like a sporting event. We recognize that an athletic field is more than just a sports field. It’s where hard work and discipline meet opportunities, and goals are achieved. It’s where kids become future leaders by working toward a common ambition.
We deserve and should expect a safe and healthy playing environment for ourselves and athletes to perform at their best. This is where RZ Sports Turf can help by improving the existing condition of your athletic fields. If your school, university, municipality, or association’s athletic field needs renovations or repairs, we are your go-to solution. We offer over 36 years of experience installing, growing, and managing turfgrass, baseball infield skins, and conducting lawn renovations.
Licensed and Trained Professionals
Our knowledgeable employees have years of experience. All of our technicians are fully licensed through both the state of Michigan and the state of Indiana. RZ Sports Turf services northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan. Some of the services we offer take us through the midwest.
Full List of Services We Provide:
Installation:
- Site evaluation – soil testing, surface grade check, excess water flow determination, water discharge site, and final grade field layout.
- Earth-moving grade correction
- Cut & fill
- Additional materials needed, if any
- Layout field dimension, subsurface drainage locations, and final grade percentages.
- Laser grade field-of-play surface specifications.
- Install seed or sod to the playing surface.
- Apply fertilizer grow-in program.
- Install infield engineered soil.
- Install home plate, pitching mound, bases, and optional warning track.
- Warning Track Installation
- Lawn Installations
Maintenance:
- Fertilizers, fungicides, insecticides, and weed control programs
- Fraise mowing - mechanical removal of thatch and/or unwanted grass types i.e., annual bluegrass and creeping bentgrass
- Root-zone aerification
- Overseeding
- Rolling of playing surface
- USGA root-zone sand top dressing programs
- Under fence weed control applications
- Infield dirt laser grading
- Infield dirt and under-fence vegetation control applications
Renovation:
- Field-of-play surface grade corrections
- Fraise mowing and removal of unwanted grass types i.e., annual bluegrass or creeping bentgrass
- USGA Sand top dressing programs
- Over-seeding and/or sod installation
- Spartan Built-up Sand-cap and Subsurface Drainage System
- Infield laser grade corrections