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  • #1

    Course Conditions

    This is for UK people.

    My home course is still a swamp, standing water on the fairways, muddy as hell. We are still "placing" the ball because of this. Okay if your on the fairway but if your in the rough then forget it, it's mud ball city. Scoring by everybody is awfull with the course playing really long. Everybody is walking around with long faces. Today I scored gross 84 (Net 79) and I felt like walking in on the front 9, not because I was hitting the ball badly but because of the standard of the course.

    What are other UK courses like at the moment ?

    It's not like we've had a really wet winter.
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    Re: Course Conditions

    You are not alone. I play out of Palacerigg, a municipal course. Drives plugging on fairways, chip shots impossible to gauge because you never know how they will react once they make surface contact.
    Hit a fat shot and hey presto a new bunker.

    The two local private clubs dont seem to fair any better but they do have free draining greens and are in perfect condition.

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    • #3
      Re: Course Conditions

      My course is a municipal too.

      The greens when cut and rolled are great but usually they don't bother. Yesterday they were long and often had grass growing over the hole which doesn't help much !

      We need a month of solid sunshine and no rain.

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      • #4
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        The only roller I've seen was in the green keepers wifes' head.

        Putts regularly change direction and the annual sanding and coring dont seem to make a great difference. Think this will be my last season at this course.

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        • #5
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          my course here is often swampy right now. For this i make sure to catch the ball clean and mud up the grooves so i cant plug my ball

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          • #6
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            Puttking,

            It's the same everywhere I think, I play a private course that is over 100 years old so the fairways are not to bad, but our greenkeeper has just last week decided to top dress all the greens, we are putting on sand "yes sand" maybe someone can enlighted me why put sand with no soil or seed onto grass????????

            Come on sunshine where are you it's now May.



            Ian.

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            • #7
              Re: Course Conditions

              Ian

              Funny that you mention putting on sand. We have that every year about this time. It's usually when the greens just get really good, they dump all this dressing on and it becomes impossible to putt on.

              We need a good 2 weeks of solid sunshine with no rain. I love playing on rock hard golf courses !

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              • #8
                Re: Course Conditions

                Sand with no soil or seed - that's the way to keep the greens healthy. Sand doesn't compact like top soil does. With the amount of traffic a green sees in a day, let alone a year, putting top soil on top of the greens would lead to extreme compacting and the grass roots would be choked out. Sand also lets more light and water down to the roots more quickly. Although sand has little to no nutrients, the top soil underneath the top layer of sand does have nutrients for the grass and all the fertilizers that are added through out the year provide plenty of nutrients for a healthy growing environment.

                The reason seed isn't added is because with just sand, the superintendant is forcing the grass to rejuvinate itself and create a healthy growth. If the grass roots can not travel and start new growth, the green will not be as healthy.

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                • #9
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                  A grand total of seven holes completed before surrending the course back to the ducks. I'll be opening my locker at the weekend with trepidation.

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                  • #10
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                    My course is just lovely right now, really looking forwards to going out tomorrow and hoping for a mild day to make a score.

                    Our greenkeeper went beserk with sand a few weeks ago and now the greens are like glass.

                    D.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Course Conditions

                      Spot the links golfer mizunoman- we dont know how lucky we are- i swear the greens on the new course st andrews are as true in april as they are in september- played a local parkland course and it was very soft all round- nice to actually find out that I do actually get some spin on the ball- you tend not to see it on a links course
                      As for the sand- gord's exactly right- greens should be heavily sanded and swept daily at the moment according to a greenkeeper at st andrews- you'd be regretting it in september when there was no grass otherwise!
                      Last edited by prowlsta; 05-03-2005, 10:35 PM.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Course Conditions

                        prowlsta do you play your golf at the new course?

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                        • #13
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                          Gord,

                          Thanks for the explaination, maybe now I can educate all the wingers at my club........



                          Ian.

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                          • #14
                            Re: Course Conditions

                            The joys of UK golf!!

                            Its not been much fun in the North of England either, being a hardy soul from Newcastle (not allowed to wear coats until over 25) the only improvement I've seen this year is the speed I can get my waterproof trousers on!!

                            Some of the greens have been surprisingly good, my own club and at some of the better class courses (Slaley Hall, Linden Hall) but the fairways acroos the board have all been poor at best - more plugs than a plumbers cupboard.

                            Our clubhouse is now closed due to flooding - casual water at the bar - not sure what the ruling on that would be!

                            All will be worthwhile when the sun appears (no doubt briefly) and you then realise you dont have enough sun block left from last years supply!

                            Lobsters on Tour - coming soon hopefully!

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                            • #15
                              Re: Course Conditions

                              You don't know bad weather until you go to the North of Scotland. About four weeks ago we had 10 days of sun. 10 straight days. 17 years of living in the Western Isles and that hammers the previous record of longest time the sun has been out by 9 days, 23 hours and 46 minutes, geeeez.

                              The course was in the best shape I've seen it but it just proves that things don't last. I'm back to playing in mud, taking a drop from casual water nearly every shot and worst of all, I'm being made to do my own washing when I come back from the muddy course.

                              So this is a lesson to you all. If you still live with your parents, quit golf when it's raining and when the ground is muddy, otherwise you will have to do your own washing.

                              Is it acceptable to play while naked ? This would save me A LOT of washing!

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