Spinny spin!

[DaveyG]

How do,

Quick question... I moved to my new club earlier on this year and its in great condition... The fairways are like carpet, rough could be measured with a ruler etc that kind of thing...

Now... the Greens aren't the best I have ever played but Im told its purely down to the awful winter and they are atleast a month and half behind - They are looking really nice now and are certainly fast but even creating a pitch mark seems impossible!!!!

All of my regular playing partners (4 other blokes) have the same issue that stopping a shot dead is near impossible... I was even watching the scratch team play to the front and let it role...

Im reletively new to the game (2 years) and is it just purely the good dry weather we have had or is this the norm in some areas. I am just used to walking up to a ball I saw spin or stop dead and replacing the pitch mark... now its the smalliest of mark at best.

Anyone have experiences with greens like this...

(Just for info - we have tried all types of shots with different balls including the new Pro V and I can't say there were massive differences)

 

[Jumboross]

Just watch the Open at a seaside course on a hot summer and the top players in the world have the same problem. It's difficult to stop the ball on rock hard greens. Opposite is the same when it's raining/been raining and the tour guys are 'throwing darts' at the pins.

 

[Foxholer]

Yep.

Hard greens mean that the spin on the ball has less effect. Nothing to do with not being able to spin the ball - that's a different issue.

On soft/damp greens the effect of spin is magnified.

As I, like most Ams, tend to hit short of the pin, hard greens suit me. With soft greens, I'm targeting past the pin - even back edge - with iron shots.

 

[garyinderry]

I find the scoring is lower when the greens are baked. in my experience it doesn't help amateur players. even the low guys at my place failed to really score well when the greens were baked. in fact 39 won and that is unheard of in bandit country!


touch of rain in the morn to soften up the greens is my cup of tea

 

[Crazyface]

I find the scoring is lower when the greens are baked. in my experience it doesn't help amateur players. even the low guys at my place failed to really score well when the greens were baked. in fact 39 won and that is unheard of in bandit country!


touch of rain in the morn to soften up the greens is my cup of tea

If the greens are "baked" then the course will be pretty much the same, so you get loads of roll on the fairways, meaning you're closer to the greens and have an easier shot in. Scores tumble in my experience!