harpo_72
Journeyman Pro
Was at the practice ground, hit a few balls and had a chat with an older member. Conversation turned to the level of rough. Currently we have 1.5 meters of second cut before going to gorse or knee high grass. The course looks fabulously defined, but any stray balls are gone.. you need to hit a provisional ball and many are not! So a club that prides itself on being a nice timely round is turning into a lot of waiting on tee , frustrated golfers running back and those who don’t care and just hand in NRs.
The point is the course isn’t difficult beyond a 230-240 yard carry, so we have an abundance of low handicap golfers, the fairways widen at these points and there are no bunkers… making it a 150yard or less in. Couple that with small greens and you have guys laying up to avoid traps or rough and they are left with 180+ yards in to a green that is 36 yards deep and 20 yards wide .. so the seniors are stuffed, the mid handicapper is either losing balls or stuck and the low handicap players are having their egos falsely inflated….
Now they have adders in the rough so that’s really positive as well … also ticks ..
I have been working on getting my driver carry up and it’s getting there, but I am an ageing golfer and this fight to maintain distance is a losing battle given the 40hrs a week of work, and family life that take time - and I want to enjoy my golf, I don’t want hear how easy the course is when I know the real situation.. nor do I want a tick or adder bite.
Feel like writing to greens committee and suggesting this, but they are a bit obtuse and you get labelled a troublesome member. There are no other reasonable clubs in the area either And I have said to the missus I want to move as I am bored ( guess that’s a result of a decade of travelling for work!)
The point is the course isn’t difficult beyond a 230-240 yard carry, so we have an abundance of low handicap golfers, the fairways widen at these points and there are no bunkers… making it a 150yard or less in. Couple that with small greens and you have guys laying up to avoid traps or rough and they are left with 180+ yards in to a green that is 36 yards deep and 20 yards wide .. so the seniors are stuffed, the mid handicapper is either losing balls or stuck and the low handicap players are having their egos falsely inflated….
Now they have adders in the rough so that’s really positive as well … also ticks ..
I have been working on getting my driver carry up and it’s getting there, but I am an ageing golfer and this fight to maintain distance is a losing battle given the 40hrs a week of work, and family life that take time - and I want to enjoy my golf, I don’t want hear how easy the course is when I know the real situation.. nor do I want a tick or adder bite.
Feel like writing to greens committee and suggesting this, but they are a bit obtuse and you get labelled a troublesome member. There are no other reasonable clubs in the area either And I have said to the missus I want to move as I am bored ( guess that’s a result of a decade of travelling for work!)