Preferred lies in may

[hovis]

Preferred lies have been extended at my place for at least 3 more weeks. I'm guessing because the fairways are pretty patchy. The pro said its out of their control as April has been cold, dry and frosty so they haven't got the growth they expected. All other clubs in the area are OK though. Anyone's course struggling too?

 

[fundy]

saw this tweeted earlier by Mill Hill, expect plenty of courses are struggling with lack of growth

https://twitter.com/x/status/1387652758132695040

 

[Deleted member 3432]

Don't worry, heatwave and drought just round the corner.....

 

[Deleted member 15344]

It’s not surprising and lots of clubs will be the same - think at least three clubs in the area have been granted an extension, one thing is it allows the county to feel important

 

[Billysboots]

We’re not using preferred lies but another local club where I played yesterday is.

There have been all sorts of grumbles at ours, mainly focusing on the fact the course does not resemble Augusta National despite having no traffic for three months. When the detractors are asked how often they have had to mow their own lawns so far this year they soon zip it.

We simply aren’t seeing consistent growth, and therein lies the problem. I cannot believe how cold it is given it is nearly May.

??

 

[Golfnut1957]

Ours is the same, greens, fairways, rough, no growth at all. Preferred lies on the fairways and bobbly greens.

You can have all the tech in the world, but if it is cold then it's not going to happen.

As an aside, I would have liked to have been in tee shirts by now, but it is currently three layers.

 

[Billysboots]

Ours is the same, greens, fairways, rough, no growth at all. Preferred lies on the fairways and bobbly greens.

You can have all the tech in the world, but if it is cold then it's not going to happen.

As an aside, I would have liked to have been in tee shirts by now, but it is currently three layers.

Only three?!

 

[davidy233]

saw this tweeted earlier by Mill Hill, expect plenty of courses are struggling with lack of growth

https://twitter.com/x/status/1387652758132695040

Off topic but they are not at all the same shot - the one on the right looks like it's been properly exposed and processed - the one on the left (2021) is an overexposed snapshot - which is part of why it looks awful.

 

[Deleted member 3432]

Off topic but they are not at all the same shot - the one on the right looks like it's been properly exposed and processed - the one on the left (2021) is an overexposed snapshot - which is part of why it looks awful.

Greenkeeper is having to deal with mother nature just like his colleagues all over the country. Not much different to most years around here and nobodys moaning about it, its not raining day after day.

 

[clubchamp98]

No growth on ours at all.
We have a bit of fusi scaring on the greens and it’s just not growing out.
Rest of the Course is good though but no rough to speak of.

 

[SteveJay]

We end preferred lies on May 1st.....the links is getting pretty dry now - lots of run!!!

 

[Deleted member 23344]

We still have preferred lies, as does the course I played at yesterday.

 

[Oddsocks]

You’ll also find foot tragic was mega during lock down with public uses courses as parks which had also impacted fairway conditions

 

[Tashyboy]

Our fairways are like late July/ august but the greens are very lush.a new sprinkler system is in and the greens are fantastic. We had a bit of rain last night, But you couldn’t tell

 

[Orikoru]

Our course has been dry as a bone as it barely rained for about 3 weeks! But it rained last night and there should be some more this weekend. No idea if they have plans to extend preferred lies.

 

[Oddsocks]

You’ll also find foot traffic was mega during lock down with public uses courses as parks which had also impacted fairway conditions

 

[TigerBear]

Played at a friend's course in the south side of Glasgow. Was in a terrible state for this time of year.

Won't name it as it's not fair.

But it is usually an exceptional course with a brilliant reputation. I was really disappointed as the greens were an absolute mess.

Not much they can do as it's basically winter temperatures through the night.

 

[IanM]

Don't read the calendar, read the weather report.

We've had less than 5% of our normal rainfall and night temperatures way down on average.

 

[jim8flog]

We have been given a extension by Dorset. I do not know if it is county wide.

I reckon we have had about 3 hours total rain throughout the whole of April. It was pretty much the same last April but we were in lockdown so probably no one noticed that much.

 

[Deleted member 21445]

Yeah same at Pleasington GC up North, preferred lies extended on a week by week basis.

Despite the warmish sunny last 2 weeks there is just no growth at all and its desperately needed