Nice to see a young golfer taking this position…
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Absolutely! I posted a link to this in the thread about the bump and run. For the US Open at Shinnecock some of the hole locations were within 10 feet of each other for all four rounds. Another aspect of the game today that reduces the relevance of some great golf courses.
This video came in on my YouTube feed and I loved it.
I used to work at a small course in Mobile, Al (Gulf Pines) that reminded me of this. This course would be described by many as a goat ranch simply because the greens were slow by modern standards.
The course was built on the bay near an air force base. It was essentially designed by the airmen that lived on the base back in the day. At least that’s what I was told. The fairways and greens were always in really good shape due to the amount of rain, but the greens were very slow being that they were Bermuda and the greenskeeper simply didn’t have the resources to cut them every day. But they were very consistent and they fended off ball marks really well.
I’ve often thought the idea that greens need to roll like a pool table is just ridiculous. Make these pros actually have to HIT a five footer with a real stroke. If you asked the average golfer how they read the grain in the grass they wouldn’t even know what you’re talking about.
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One might argue that it’s better for the grass to be on an alternate day mowing schedule any way. I was posted at a quite prominent club in the Hudson valley New York and most of the year it was a Tues Thurs Sat Sun green mowing schedule. We had very old push up style greens with a high percentage of annual bluegrass. They were consistent, receptive and fantastic to putt. The off days allowed the crew to cut the holes in areas with more challenging slopes as well. Sadly it has fallen into bankruptcy and the property has been abandoned.
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Here’s another worth watching. An Isle of Arran golf Pass is 170 pounds and give you greens fees at all the courses on the island.
And I finally found the one I wanted with Shiskine!
I was wrong this is the one! Sorry if I’m flooding.
I personally like fast greens because they reward the player that can control their ball flight and launch windows. So it gives the better ball striker a real advantage in my opinion.
Fast greens do reward the better ball striker but, faster simply for the sake of being faster is no good. When it causes green and tournament commuters to eliminate excellent and challenging hole locations because they are unputtable I think that’s too fast.
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