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'Pegging up on fairways'

We use those horrible winter fairway mats instead. Some sections of our membership love them as they can bend them into a nice little "n" shape and tee the ball up high. It makes the par 4's reachable in 2 for them -----> Driver, Driver, Putt, Putt.... Instant Worldbeaters..;)
 
bluewolf said:
We use those horrible winter fairway mats instead. Some sections of our membership love them as they can bend them into a nice little "n" shape and tee the ball up high. It makes the par 4's reachable in 2 for them -----> Driver, Driver, Putt, Putt.... Instant Worldbeaters..;)
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Was going to remark on how it favours the shorter hitters! My old place did the teeing up thing way back when on fairways and it instantly became 45 points+ to have a chance, as the short fellas could reach the longer (2shot holes) par 4s in 2 hitting driver driver!
 
If it allows people to still play and also protect the course then it's good for me

We use winter tees and winter greens when it's needed and it allows people to still play even when the weather is awful.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
If it allows people to still play and also protect the course then it's good for me

We use winter tees and winter greens when it's needed and it allows people to still play even when the weather is awful.
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might as well just throw some balls down in a field and hack away:rolleyes:
 
Liverpoolphil said:
If it allows people to still play and also protect the course then it's good for me

We use winter tees and winter greens when it's needed and it allows people to still play even when the weather is awful.
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How does teeing it up protect the course though? I still take a divot even if it's tee'd up (I don't use a driver)

As an aside, I HATE winter greens more than anything with their ridiculous oversized holes
 
woody69 said:
How does teeing it up protect the course though? I still take a divot even if it's tee'd up (I don't use a driver)

As an aside, I HATE winter greens more than anything with their ridiculous oversized holes
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You don't have to have oversize holes - that's your club deciding that - and yes - they are ridiculous.
 
CMAC said:
might as well just throw some balls down in a field and hack away:rolleyes:
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100% Agree. Total waste of time and no fun at all for me. The club I used to be a member at did this at the start of November without fail. The first Monday after bonfire night it was winter tees and greens and that was your lot until sometime in March. It did not matter what the weather was like the first Monday after bonfire night that was it. From then on the only people you really used to see on the course were the seniors who would play come what may. Soon as I started college I did not renew my membership and told them why.
 
at my old place we used to have to tee it up in winter. I never used the driver for 2nd shots as its not something id normally do unless into the wind on a par 5. it felt like cheating teeing it up properly.

the holes are shorter anyway.

I don't use tees for most par3's as I take monumental divots and hit down far too much anyway. I never bothered teeing up any wedge shots. complete waste of time for me.


my brothers place use winter mats. if its a choice between tee and a mat then there is only one winner.
 
garyinderry said:
at my old place we used to have to tee it up in winter. I never used the driver for 2nd shots as its not something id normally do unless into the wind on a par 5. it felt like cheating teeing it up properly.

the holes are shorter anyway.

I don't use tees for most par3's as I take monumental divots and hit down far too much anyway. I never bothered teeing up any wedge shots. complete waste of time for me.


my brothers place use winter mats. if its a choice between tee and a mat then there is only one winner.
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Yep, not playing :D
 
:o the tee makes next to no difference. for any of the sweepers out there it should make life even easier.


last winter I aimed to get myself to sweep the ball a little more. it mucks around with my swing but its the only way to get round when the place is waterlogged.


not playing is not an option! :swing:
 
some courses will be permanently underwater from now till march.


my home course in Ireland is like a workhorse. it never stops and is playable nearly all the time. home course here in England seems to hold water like a sponge. going to be a soggy winter. some of the greens turn to jelly after a lot of rain. should it close? maybe, but people need their golf and they can still get the course back in shape for the summer so I don't see too much of a problem.
 
If the course is back to it's normal shape for start of Summer then yes I agree no problem at all. However I have seen examples this year where it took the course nearly all the Summer to recover through the fact it had been open all through the Winter and play had been allowed unless there was snow on the ground, by the time the course had recovered fully it was nearly Autumn. It is a fine line and some common sense should apply and everyone will benefit in the long run. One of my local course was a turned into a total mudbath this year and the damage that was done is still evident now.
 
trolley bans should protect the course to a certain degree. I agree though, water sitting around is fine, but if the course is cutting up like a bog then close it off.

I've played courses last winter that asked you to take you trolley up the side of the fairway and only venture onto the fairway, club in hand, to hit your shot.
 
At the end of the day golf is a enjoyable fun sport - most of the time it should be able sending time with friends whilst having a bit of competive spirit in there. So what if winter greens are in use. It's the same for everyone , you still have to hit the ball cleanly and still have to get the ball in the hole.

If anything it could help people's ball striking - striking the ball cleanly without taking a divot.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
At the end of the day golf is a enjoyable fun sport - most of the time it should be able sending time with friends whilst having a bit of competive spirit in there. So what if winter greens are in use. It's the same for everyone , you still have to hit the ball cleanly and still have to get the ball in the hole.

If anything it could help people's ball striking - striking the ball cleanly without taking a divot.
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more likely to promote 'flipping' as you take a divot even off a peg
 
In_The_Rough said:
If the course is back to it's normal shape for start of Summer then yes I agree no problem at all. However I have seen examples this year where it took the course nearly all the Summer to recover through the fact it had been open all through the Winter and play had been allowed unless there was snow on the ground, by the time the course had recovered fully it was nearly Autumn. It is a fine line and some common sense should apply and everyone will benefit in the long run. One of my local course was a turned into a total mudbath this year and the damage that was done is still evident now.
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I suppose it depends on the soil base they have and drainage. An example is Gleneagles who remain open all through winter and dont do winter tees or greens, no mats, no pegging, no moving balls into the first cut etc the only thing they do is preferred lies and course closed for Frost or snow.
Come summer they have 3 immaculate courses and par 3 course.

Courses with really poor drainage and obvious mud routes do need to take action though, not easy for the poor groundstaff, whats the solution for them? well one course I know with that issue changes the course layout to avoid these obvious areas, not every course can do this though.
 
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