sunshine
Well-known member
But if this rule was in place all year, how many times would you lift and clean your ball on the fairway in summer?
Playing better during winter/autumn
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But if this rule was in place all year, how many times would you lift and clean your ball on the fairway in summer?
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
I think it would become a habit.
Just check the ball before you play would be part of peoples PSR before the seven practice swings,
sunshine
Well-known member
I agree, but would it improve scoring? I don’t think so.
KenL
Tour Rookie
I think it could make a marginal difference for those who are not great ball strikers and the odd divot we all land in.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
I've had plenty of opportunity to use LCP out here and honestly the novelty in good weather soon wears off, you just don't need/use it. Sure the odd ball lying in a bit of a depression or getting a weird mudball on a dry day etc but it becomes about as useful as LCR for a 2nd putt because LCP just doesn't give a scoring advantage
KenL
Tour Rookie
Why have it then?
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
It's been around for quite some time so will be the norm for certain groups, a bit like a gimmie in social golf (its so close why not just putt it)
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Very jealous of everyone who apparently plays better in winter somehow. Sure the greens are softer - do you never miss them? What then, when you're having to chip it off a lump of wet mud? Or when you have to get out of a bunker full of wet cement? 
Hxck
New member
Think it depends on the quality of the course.Very jealous of everyone who apparently plays better in winter somehow. Sure the greens are softer - do you never miss them? What then, when you're having to chip it off a lump of wet mud? Or when you have to get out of a bunker full of wet cement?
My previous course I played better in the winter as the greens were ridiculously firm in the summer and even at 11,000 RPM of backspin on a 60 you couldn't stop a ball on them properly. Despite the rough playing more difficult in the winter the advantage of the greens being soft outweighed it significantly.
The course I play at now is probably one of the greenest courses in the country, it's generally in good nick during the winter (compared to most other parkland courses), however in the summer it's definitely easier there due to the rough being slightly shorter and dry, and being able to club down off the tee more due to getting a little extra rollout.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Our course has been in great condition the last couple of winters - but that's more the fairways & greens, not sure they can do much with the rough. Maybe I just need to start chipping everything with hybrid!
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
with 'summers' like we have just had then often
