Soft greens are back?

[pokerjoke]

Imo great to have soft greens back and being able to throw the ball to the flag.No more bump and runs,hitting cracks and bouncing at right angles.Is anyone else as happy as me,or do you love the hard bump and runs and struggle when its wet.

 

[Screwback]

Dont like soft greens makes the game no fun when you just hit the ball at the flag and stays there. Like the fact it makes it so so easy to score though. but overall give me firm but fair greens.

 

[robbest3offthetee]

yeh i agree,its great to be able to throw the ball all the way as long as you dont get to much spin......

 

[USER1999]

I like firm, fast greens. There seems little skill in playing darts.

 

[Alex1975]

I would rather it was summer but I do like soft greens as my short game is poor.

 

[robbest3offthetee]

I disagree i think there is skill in firing it at the pin from say 100-150 yds out..

 

[Robobum]

Just a different challenge, got to try to take spin off shots especially with the really lofted wedges.

Can't see much difference in landing it short on a firm green and releasing to the hole or pitching past and spinning it back to the hole??

Softer greens probably make life easier for higher h'caps as the ball will generally stop pretty much where it lands.

 

[The_LHC]

I don't really see what difference it makes? If the greens are soft your target is the flag, if the greens are hard your target is a spot short of the flag, the only extra requirement is to work out where that spot is, you still have to hit it with your approach shot. If anything I'd have thought that makes it easier as if you're aiming for a spot short of the green you're hitting one club (or more) less than if you were going straight for the flag.

Of course playing it in short and running it up to the flag requires more experience, of the course you're playing and the conditions, so you can determine the run but other than that, I'm not sure I'd be very happy that a decent shot was spoiled by a bad bounce that you can neither predict or allow for, which is always possible on hard ground.

 

[robbest3offthetee]

Totally agree with you lhc play the game relative to the conditions,you have to take the rough with the smooth...

 

[Smiffy]

I love rock hard greens where the amount of spin I put on a ball is rewarded

 

[john0]

I love rock hard greens where the amount of spin I put on a ball is rewarded

Would that be top spin?

 

[pokerjoke]

I love rock hard greens where the amount of spin I put on a ball is rewarded

LOL everyone knows you cant spin the ball smiffy,wake up mate you must be dreaming.

 

[Smiffy]

LOL everyone knows you cant spin the ball smiffy,wake up mate you must be dreaming.

Would that be top spin?

When I was younger, and played County stuff, all my team mates used to call me "The Spinner"

 

[john0]

LOL everyone knows you cant spin the ball smiffy,wake up mate you must be dreaming.

Would that be top spin?

When I was younger, and played County stuff, all my team mates used to call me "The Spinner"

Are you sure that you didnt miss-hear, as I heard it was 'The Spanner'

 

[Smiffy]

I did suffer from a few ear infections when I was younger

 

[freddielong]

I hate soft golf courses full stop, nothing better than firm fairways and greens

 

[viscount17]

soft greens = more opportunity for lazy gits not to repair pitch marks. started already at my place, you're in to repairing anything up to half a dozen just to get a line to putt on.

 

[percy_layer]

Much prefer firm greens where you need to control the spin of the shot to get a good result, not a fan of the ball plugging in its own pitchmark on approach shots. In my opinion the greens are better to putt on when they're firm and the grass is shorter, would rather use a putting stroke than a putting hit to get the ball to the hole.

 

[Parmo]

I like firm but receptive to spin, you don't get spin on soggy greens. As mentioned I get sick to death of repairing lazy buggers pitch marks.

Firmer greens open up more shot options, but I can see why softer greens are liked when people with no short game putting 20 yards off the fairway or knobbing it up The green, these people really struggle in winter I find.

Each to their own I guess.

 

[Jabba]

I can't figure our greens out. When you walk on them it leaves very deep footprints but the marks from the previous group are already gone by the time you arrive at the green. Our course was very soft yesterday but it's not soggy yet. Today's rain may have changed that.