Watch how a course repair goes without a contractor, then request your sample below.
The same patch North Carolina DOT puts in I‑95 bridge joints is what we are handing to golf course superintendents. Your cart paths are an easier job than that one.
Tell us what you are repairing and your regional rep will call to size it before anything ships.
Why it holds
Carts go back on as soon as it is tamped
Perma‑Patch is pressure activated. It hardens by compaction, not by curing, so there is no waiting and nothing to cordon off. It also does not stick to rubber tires, which is the part that matters when a foursome comes through ten minutes later.
¼″ minimum, no maximum depth
Cart path edges ravel thin. Most cold patch cannot go below an inch without kicking out. Perma‑Patch goes down at a quarter inch, and in 3″ lifts for anything deeper. That thin end is what the NCDOT quarter‑inch depression study is about.
−5°F to 105°F, and it goes into standing water
Shoulder season frost mornings, after irrigation, after rain. You do not have to wait for the path to dry or for the weather to turn.
“We already buy cold patch. It kicks out by spring.”
Most of it does. In the federal Strategic Highway Research Program field trials, bagged cold patch failed at 52 percent inside 18 months and 65 percent by four and a half years. Perma‑Patch Regular Mix failed at 18 percent and 22 percent, the lowest failure rate of every product tested.
The difference is what happens to the same pothole over four seasons. Across 1,000 repairs, bagged cold patch needed 2,019 fills. Perma‑Patch needed 1,489. That is 530 holes your crew did not go back to.
What the program is
The video above is the training
Your crew watches it and does the work. No contractor mobilizing on your property, no equipment to rent. A hand tamper is enough, a plate compactor if you have one.
Enough product to do a real repair
Not a token handful. A 60 lb bag covers six square feet at an inch deep, so your rep sizes it to the job you describe.
A rep who knows the property type
Not a call center. Someone who has walked a course and knows where paths fail first.
A follow‑up at 30 and 90 days
To see how it held. That is the part most sample programs skip.
This is new. The product has been going into highways, bridge joints and city streets for years. Packaging it for golf crews is what is new, and we are starting with a small group of courses this season.
Where it goes besides cart paths
Service roads. Maintenance yard. Clubhouse approach and the member lot. Around drain grates and irrigation box lids, where the collar always breaks down first. Bridge and culvert approaches.
Same bag, same method.
Questions superintendents ask
Can my own crew do this, or do I need a paving contractor?
Your crew. Remove loose material, pour, overfill by half to three quarters of an inch, spread, compact. A hand tamper works. The passing weight of traffic will also compact it. The video above is the whole method, there is nothing held back for a pro.
Do I have to close the path while it sets?
No. It hardens by compaction rather than curing, so it is ready for traffic as soon as it is tamped. It does not stick to rubber tires, so carts can roll over a fresh repair without picking it up or tracking it onto the green surrounds.
What if the path is wet, or it rained this morning?
It goes into a hole full of water. Application range is −5°F to 105°F, so frost mornings and shoulder season are both in range. You do not need to wait for the path to dry out or for a warm week.
How thin can it go? Our edges are more raveled than potholed.
¼″ minimum, which is thinner than most cold patch will hold at. There is no maximum depth, apply anything deeper in 3″ lifts. NCDOT used it on a quarter‑inch depression, which is the study linked above.
We buy once a season. Will it keep?
Shelf life is two years guaranteed, and every bag is stamped with a lot number and a best‑used‑by date. Store the pallet dry. Bags are four‑ply poly‑lined kraft, 50 to a pallet.
Your rep will call to size it before anything ships.