Preferred lies...

[Smiffy]

Just been informed that due to the drought conditions, Cooden have reintroduced preferred lies.
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[Mandofred]

Just been informed that due to the drought conditions, Cooden have reintroduced preferred lies.
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Now.....if they would bring back winter mats

 

[jim8flog]

On some of our fairways it would make no difference (same applies in Winter).

 

[Smiffy]

On some of our fairways it would make no difference (same applies in Winter).

Got to be honest, it won't really help at ours!!
I'm playing in an open at Effingham on the 22nd. I'm hoping that as it's a parkland, there might be a little more grass on the fairways than there is at Cooden at the moment...???

 

[doublebogey7]

Would make little difference at the course I officiated at yesterday, a combination of slopes and burnt grass meant fairways were almost impossible to find, even by the skilled players on show.

 

[Oddsocks]

Why we don’t play proffered on fairways all year round has always boggled me. Pro’s get it after heavy overnight rain on perfectly manicured and tested courses yet the club hacker playing on over used, under maintained tracks do not- if a pro can’t play of a damp fairways they should change career!

Preferred lies at the moment for courses in my area.

 

[Smiffy]

Pro’s get it after heavy overnight rain on perfectly manicured and tested courses yet the club hacker playing on over used, under maintained tracks do not- if a pro can’t play of a damp fairways they should change career!

Don't get me started.....????

 

[Oddsocks]

Don't get me started.....????

Come on smiffers, it’s good to talk. Get it if your chest.

 

[D-S]

Burnham and Berrow have, I understand, just introduced mandatory mats on the fairways. I would like to think they are discounting the £130 green fee but can't see mention of it on the website.

 

[Smiffy]

Come on smiffers, it’s good to talk. Get it if your chest.

Pampered bloody pros, that's all.
Perfect fairways, perfect greens, perfect rough, perfect bunkers, perfect weather, hundreds of spectators to find their ball, yet they shout "mud ball" if the bloody thing goes offline by ten yards.
If we played regularly in those conditions we'd all be ten shots lower than we are now...
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[Smiffy]

Burnham and Berrow have, I understand, just introduced mandatory mats on the fairways. I would like to think they are discounting the £130 greenfly but can't see mention of it on the website.

That's one expensive aphid
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[Oddsocks]

Pampered bloody pros, that's all.
Perfect fairways, perfect greens, perfect rough, perfect bunkers, perfect weather, hundreds of spectators to find their ball, yet they shout "mud ball" if the bloody thing goes offline by ten yards.
If we played regularly in those conditions we'd all be ten shots lower than we are now...
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And we’d get some serious ribbing from our p/p’s!

 

[upsidedown]

Would make little difference at the course I officiated at yesterday, a combination of slopes and burnt grass meant fairways were almost impossible to find, even by the skilled players on show.

Was that the County Seniors team of six? Some big scores on the back nine yesterday

 

[FuzzyDuck]

I suspect we will have preferred lies all through next summer, happened after the 2018 dry summer.

 

[Oddsocks]

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[IanMcC]

If it is preferred in the rough as well then the round cannot be a handicap qualifier.

 

[Bratty]

We have introduced preferred lies on fairways only at Westerham, following the recommendation from England Golf. According to the advice, it will help with playing out of old divots. Grass has a chance to recover in "normal" conditions, but in a drought or severe dry weather, it will stand no chance.

 

[D-S]

We have introduced preferred lies on fairways only at Westerham, following the recommendation from England Golf. According to the advice, it will help with playing out of old divots. Grass has a chance to recover in "normal" conditions, but in a drought or severe dry weather, it will stand no chance.

Doesn't this mean that players will move their ball from a scruffy area (or divot) into the best bit of grass within 6" and then destroy that? will that really help recovery?

 

[doublebogey7]

Was that the County Seniors team of six? Some big scores on the back nine yesterday

No mate, County Boys Strokeplay.

 

[Bratty]

Doesn't this mean that players will move their ball from a scruffy area (or divot) into the best bit of grass within 6" and then destroy that? will that really help recovery?

Possibly, possibly not. Just stating the advice from England Golf.