How tough does it need to be?

[mikee247]

I think this waist high rough in areas just of the fairway is unnecessary In most cases on my course and as its so long, if you miss the fairway then you get penalised and it becomes v tough to make make par. So you need to do something either v good or miraculous to do so. That's the idea of rough and totally acceptable. Spending 5 minutes on every hole looking for yours and potentially your partners is not when you've just gone 10 yards either way. Its neither doing the game or the issue of slow play any good what's so ever! Yes be penalised for missing vital fairways and greens but loosing balls all the time is just ridiculous in my opinion and lets be honest it rarely happens to the pros. If you hit it miles off the centre or into woods etc then fair enough but rough that's let to grow to silly lengths is poor course management and should be eradicated.

 

[bladeplayer]

A bad day at golf is still better than a good day in the office

starting to wonder ................ look at the handicap pattern in the signature ... throw in a few buffers aswell ..


Nah scrap that you are right , its better than being stuck in here

 

[Keeno]

Waist high rough? Why bother even looking, it'll take 5 shots and a broken wrist to move it a yard?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Our course also has crazy rough, but like most places its wide enough that if you hit it you deserve it. If its as bad as descrided use irons and hybrids from the tee, let others lose plenty of balls and win medals and get cuts every week due to a high css. ;-)

if only it were that simple

Well last week in our June medal I kept out of the 2nd cut and longer stuff completely, and only in the first cut a couple of times. It was a windy day. Clearly others well less successful than I. CSS was +2. Won by 4 shots Just by keeping out of the rough. Captains weekend this weekend. Stableford tomorrow and Texas Scramble Sunday - let's see how successful I am at keeping out of our rough...

 

[Keeno]

Well last week in our June medal I kept out of the 2nd cut and longer stuff completely, and only in the first cut a couple of times. It was a windy day. Clearly others well less successful than I. CSS was +2. Won by 4 shots Just by keeping out of the rough. Captains weekend this weekend. Stableford tomorrow and Texas Scramble Sunday - let's see how successful I am at keeping out of our rough...

See what I mean, Simples ;-)

 

[richart]

You could always play a heathland course which doesn't have much rough James. Oh forgot you don't like heather.

 

[FairwayDodger]

Should be tougher.... how about some lions and tigers hiding in the long stuff to catch out the unwary ball-seeking golfer?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

See what I mean, Simples ;-)

Yup - simples - I was selective on use of my driver off the tee and just played to keep it in play.

 

[Keeno]

Now, that is a good idea, that would certainly stop people smashing drivers all over the place. The fear of making a lion angry would certainly lead to more sensible play

 

[Qwerty]

Ours is cut down where it can be. Golf should be enjoyable in my opinion and when your finding yourself looking for your own ball or someone else's on almost every hole it just becomes a grind.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I played Tylney Park last year. There was the fairway, five yard strip of rough and then knee high oblivion. Our 4 ball lost 6 balls in the first four holes. It ran down both sides and around the back of the green. I hit one approach with a seven iron, landed next to the flag situated on the left of a green and it bounced off the side into the thick stuff and never seen again. For handicap golfers than is too brutal. The home team had a one handicapper playing and even he lost two balls.

At my place, there is a nice cut of rough in which the ball sits down which makes it hard to progress it to far and so is penal but you can find it. The really high stuff is well off line and if you do go in it you've hit a pretty crooked one and deserve to be in trouble

 

[SocketRocket]

I dont like waist high rough around a course. OK, it punishes an errent shot and some courses would be too easy without areas of deep rough but when it s there for no good reason then it justs slows play horribly when people are spending time searching for balls.

 

[Imurg]

It's beyond a joke at our place now
In some areas it's well off-line and you have to hit a truly appalling shot to get there - sadly we're all capable of that so it gets visited.
Some areas are so close to the "play-line" of the hole that a slight fade will put you in it.
And it's almost not worth looking for the ball because if you find it you can't play it or drop it.
Fairways are running as well so a seemingly decent shot that takes a big kick can end up in there too

It's just not needed.

4-6 inches of rough means at least you have a good chance to find your ball but you'll have little chance of finding the green so there is punishment..

 

[rosecott]

You could always play a heathland course which doesn't have much rough

You must be joking. My trousers were getting wet 6 inches above the knee today and that's heathland.

 

[Pin-seeker]

I played Tylney Park last year. There was the fairway, five yard strip of rough and then knee high oblivion. Our 4 ball lost 6 balls in the first four holes. It ran down both sides and around the back of the green. I hit one approach with a seven iron, landed next to the flag situated on the left of a green and it bounced off the side into the thick stuff and never seen again. For handicap golfers than is too brutal. The home team had a one handicapper playing and even he lost two balls.

At my place, there is a nice cut of rough in which the ball sits down which makes it hard to progress it to far and so is penal but you can find it. The really high stuff is well off line and if you do go in it you've hit a pretty crooked one and deserve to be in trouble

Yep if I hit it a really bad shot & I can't find the ball ill take it on the chin but if its just off the fairway & I think I saw where it landed,yet still can't find my ball it does wind me up.

 

[Smiffy]

You ought to play East Sussex National James.
Wide open, you can spray it around all over the place and hardly lose a ball all day. And it's long. Suits big hitters does East Sussex National. So to sum it up, you can hit the ball miles, all over the gaff, and never, ever lose a ball. In a way, it flatters your handicap.
You'd love it.
Oooops I forgot. It's one of your favourite courses

 

[MashieNiblick]

The really long stuff can give the course a nice look, and is fine in the right places.

However I think the problem is that once it gets over a certain height the green staff can't cut it with their machines.