someguy01
Platinum Member
From the fringe: Use a 3 or 5 wood, it will impart just enough loft to get the ball up and moving and maintain a truer roll on the putting surface.
Golf tips from maintenance: DO NOT replace your divot in Bermuda or Zoysia grass fairways, just sand fill it to level the turf will fill in on it's own. DO replace your divot in Bentgrass or Rye/Bluegrass fairways.
Don't drive your cart anywhere, it's about the health of the turf not just to make you walk. Use the designated areas.
You mow your lawn at 3"+, it can handle heat and traffic stress, my fairways are 5/8" (.625) approaches, tees, and green surrounds are mowed at .425", and my greens are mowed at .085". These heights make your experience better, but the turf needs more care due to the miniscule leaf blade.
What you see on TV is absurd and no regular course could be held at those standards for an entire season of golfers, plus play would be really slow.
On tour we mowed fairways at .375" (3/8), withheld water and rolled them. That's why the ball rolls for 70+ yards off the tee for those guys. If we did that at your local muni, the fairways would be dead.
Don't bother about green speed, it's a misunderstood number. If I set greens at a 14, you'd miss putts all day long. Want to practice what that's like? If you have a rink near you, practice putting on the ice as it's really close to the same. Or use a smooth concrete floor.
FYI: the stimpmeter measurement of 14 means that the ball rolls 14 feet averaged when acted upon by only gravity. That's really fast. Tour average is 10-12. Oakmont's members keep their greens at a 16. It's absurd trying to putt there.
Safest place on a golf course? The middle of the fairway next to the 150 marker. About 2% of the golfing public could hit you. Most dangerous place? Anywhere on the right side from 200 to 150 out from the green.
80% of the golfing public has never broken 100. 90% have never broken 80. Enjoy the game, don't hold yourself to standards you can never meet.
Because this thread is about hockey, Rod Brind'Amour is a sick golfer. Several of the Hurricanes were members of a property I worked for in NC. Those guys murder a golf ball off the tee but have a touch around the greens that is awe inspiring at times.
Most important: FIX YOUR DAMN BALL MARKS!
Golf tips from maintenance: DO NOT replace your divot in Bermuda or Zoysia grass fairways, just sand fill it to level the turf will fill in on it's own. DO replace your divot in Bentgrass or Rye/Bluegrass fairways.
Don't drive your cart anywhere, it's about the health of the turf not just to make you walk. Use the designated areas.
You mow your lawn at 3"+, it can handle heat and traffic stress, my fairways are 5/8" (.625) approaches, tees, and green surrounds are mowed at .425", and my greens are mowed at .085". These heights make your experience better, but the turf needs more care due to the miniscule leaf blade.
What you see on TV is absurd and no regular course could be held at those standards for an entire season of golfers, plus play would be really slow.
On tour we mowed fairways at .375" (3/8), withheld water and rolled them. That's why the ball rolls for 70+ yards off the tee for those guys. If we did that at your local muni, the fairways would be dead.
Don't bother about green speed, it's a misunderstood number. If I set greens at a 14, you'd miss putts all day long. Want to practice what that's like? If you have a rink near you, practice putting on the ice as it's really close to the same. Or use a smooth concrete floor.
FYI: the stimpmeter measurement of 14 means that the ball rolls 14 feet averaged when acted upon by only gravity. That's really fast. Tour average is 10-12. Oakmont's members keep their greens at a 16. It's absurd trying to putt there.
Safest place on a golf course? The middle of the fairway next to the 150 marker. About 2% of the golfing public could hit you. Most dangerous place? Anywhere on the right side from 200 to 150 out from the green.
80% of the golfing public has never broken 100. 90% have never broken 80. Enjoy the game, don't hold yourself to standards you can never meet.
Because this thread is about hockey, Rod Brind'Amour is a sick golfer. Several of the Hurricanes were members of a property I worked for in NC. Those guys murder a golf ball off the tee but have a touch around the greens that is awe inspiring at times.
Most important: FIX YOUR DAMN BALL MARKS!
