At what stage of winter golf is your Club in?

[2blue]

Just wondering how Clubs are responding to a pretty damaging Summer?

 

[Neilds]

We are preferred lies, Q course/Comps and no mats - not one of the options

 

[YandaB]

I can't choose any of those, we are:

Preferred Lies in operation - Q Comps & scores

Mats don't come into the equation.

 

[2blue]

We are preferred lies, Q course/Comps and no mats - not one of the options

Oh yes... a missed option... thanks

 

[Deleted member 23270]

We are same as both posts above.

 

[patricks148]

We are still on full course until Monday, but from Monday on we are off forward tees, compulsory mats on fairway and first cut, so no qualifying comps or gp scores.

 

[Orikoru]

Erm, it's not one of your options but we're now on preferred lies - never been any suggestion of fairway mats though. Last season all the tees went onto mats but never fairway ones.

Our club was one of the best I've seen at dealing with the dry summer this year. While some other courses I went to were absolutely baked and nothing but hard mud, our course always managed to keep a bit of grass on the fairways. Consequently it hasn't become a mudbath from a bit of rain yet. The greenkeepers did really well.

 

[Voyager EMH]

Mine won't fit the above choices.

Currently: Placing on closely mown areas, no more qualifying comps until April, never have fairway mats, all trolleys allowed.

Next stages will be
1. No buggies or electric trolleys.
2. Carry only. (some exemptions apply)
3. Placing in general area.

 

[upsidedown]

Preferred lies, voluntary mats and GP scores

 

[Jigger]

Oh yes... a missed option... thanks

You also mi

I can't choose any of those, we are:

Preferred Lies in operation - Q Comps & scores

Mats don't come into the equation.

this but NQ

 

[rulefan]

Preferred lies on fairway as from today. Q
Reminder that blue flagged (flooded) bunkers are NPZ/GUR - as needed. Q

Warning that fairway mats may come shortly. Q
No doubt buggies will be confined to 'off fairway' but with 90* rule.
The latter two are pre-emptive moves to ensure good fairways in the Spring. Very successful in past years.

 

[Deleted member 29109]

Just preferred lies on the fairways.

 

[Mandofred]

Preferred lies on fairway....couple of weeks now, nothing else. I haven't played a winter at this course, but I've been told they do preferred lies eventually in the rough as well. I'm already getting mostly bare ground/mud lies so I'm more than ready for that to happen. And of course......my fav......fairway mats...I'm just waiting for those to be optional. I love mats. The guys I play with don't.

 

[jim8flog]

Our options are not in the list .

Preferred lies and all comps qualifiers.

We do not use fairway mats.

We stay that way all winter and comps are only NQs if there are too many temp greens.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Pref lies, no mats, comps are currently Q's.

Winter league starts next weekend (5th Nov), so saturdays won't be Q's

 

[jim8flog]

Just wondering how Clubs are responding to a pretty damaging Summer?

We did a massive amount of reseeding in September but they are clearly a lot of areas that are going to need re-turfing. ( would not need so much if only players would keep the trolleys away from the sides of bunkers, off the patches where the grass is clearly getting very worn and newly turfed areas).

 

[wjemather]

Preferred lies have been in force since 14th October. We never have fairway mats. We will move onto winter tees (fixed mats) sometime in November, until the end of March. The winter course is rated, so competitions and general play scores continue to count for handicapping throughout the winter (except for when we're on temporary greens - bucket holes). Almost never have trolley restrictions, other than winter wheels when frosty, and buggies can often still be used if the course is dry enough.

 

[Whereditgo]

Our options are not in the list .

Preferred lies and all comps qualifiers.

We do not use fairway mats.

We stay that way all winter and comps are only NQs if there are too many temp greens.

Exactly the same for us.

 

[CliveW]

Absolutely nothing to do with the summer weather, but as of last Monday, after heavy rain, we have preferred lies and as of next week it will be mats on fairways and closely mown areas, forward winter tees and temp greens when necessary. Preferred lies will remain in place until 30th April 2023.

 

[IanM]

We are preferred lies, Q course/Comps and no mats - not one of the options

Same here.