This is getting silly now (conditions)

[Wooky]

Ok.
I suspect everyone is glad for the warm weather & we will all moan like hell when it eventually does rain, but.
It's just getting silly now.
The ground is rock hard, it's like playing on concrete.
I am getting stupid distances, uncontrollable bounces, downhill putts that struggle to stay on the green if I miss & lots of bone hard bare lies.
It's making every round extremely difficult & I find myself rarely making a full shot for fear of a massive run on or wicked bounce.

We have a few big comps coming up & unless the ground softens up I can see an awful lot of NR's being recorded.

Never happy are we?

 

[CMAC]

Ok.
I suspect everyone is glad for the warm weather & we will all moan like hell when it eventually does rain, but.
It's just getting silly now.
The ground is rock hard, it's like playing on concrete.
I am getting stupid distances, uncontrollable bounces, downhill putts that struggle to stay on the green if I miss & lots of bone hard bare lies.
It's making every round extremely difficult & I find myself rarely making a full shot for fear of a massive run on or wicked bounce.

We have a few big comps coming up & unless the ground softens up I can see an awful lot of NR's being recorded.

Never happy are we?

your certainly not!

raining and windy here, dont worry you'll get that soon enough

 

[Bobirdie]

Played our championship qualifiers in it yesterday. Managed +3 first round then second round got abandoned due do heavy rain flooding greens. Water wouldnt go away due to the greens being rock hard.

Alot of hard bounces in the first round. I clubbed down alot and played for it. Just your luck right enough

 

[DCB]

You just have to adapt to the conditions, club down and run the ball onto the green. Forget about flight, best bet is along the ground in these conditions. Greens should be good though, nice and fast

 

[patricks148]

Ok.
I suspect everyone is glad for the warm weather & we will all moan like hell when it eventually does rain, but.
It's just getting silly now.
The ground is rock hard, it's like playing on concrete.
I am getting stupid distances, uncontrollable bounces, downhill putts that struggle to stay on the green if I miss & lots of bone hard bare lies.
It's making every round extremely difficult & I find myself rarely making a full shot for fear of a massive run on or wicked bounce.

We have a few big comps coming up & unless the ground softens up I can see an awful lot of NR's being recorded.

Never happy are we?

I'm loving the conditions, greens are rock hard so are the fairways, Links golf at its best... that the great thing about this game and one of the challenges, you have to adapt. Our rough now is a good 2 foot high so its all about staying on the short stuff.

 

[duncan mackie]

it's no different to the course at -5.....except it's more enjoyable to play!

the really good players will do better, the short hitters with good short games will do better; it's all part of the game.

I should add that our greens will hold well to spin, but not trajectory at the moment - so you have to make a total commitment to where you are going to land it - on the green big tick, just short and you are 60 yds through!

 

[One Planer]

You just have to adapt to the conditions, club down and run the ball onto the green. Forget about flight, best bet is along the ground in these conditions. Greens should be good though, nice and fast

Gotta agree with David there.

From the practice area at my gaff we can see the second green. We saw one guy land the ball short and let it release onto the green. The other chap flew the ball all the way, one bounce and off the other side.

I played the Stableford the same day, and clubbed down on everything, even my wedges to get the ball running rather than flying. 35 points suggests I, nearly, got it right

 

[Sybez]

I'd rather it hot and dry than cold and wet any day!

Its just a game, adapt! ne: :rant:

 

[Green Bay Hacker]

Ok.
I suspect everyone is glad for the warm weather & we will all moan like hell when it eventually does rain, but.
It's just getting silly now.
The ground is rock hard, it's like playing on concrete.
I am getting stupid distances, uncontrollable bounces, downhill putts that struggle to stay on the green if I miss & lots of bone hard bare lies.
It's making every round extremely difficult & I find myself rarely making a full shot for fear of a massive run on or wicked bounce.

We have a few big comps coming up & unless the ground softens up I can see an awful lot of NR's being recorded.

Never happy are we?

You don't play links golf then?

 

[Foxholer]

You don't play links golf then?

He does! It just may not be on a links course!

Both courses I've been on in the last couple of have a linksy feel about them, though only one really plays linksy. The downpours on Friday that we got caught in was much appreciated by GKs and bird-life! The lakes were pretty low!

 

[pokerjoke]

Im with the others who say adapt.
Every days different that's what makes it so enjoyable,adapting to different scenarios.
I all for a game that gets me thinking and testing my ability.
My suggestion is embrace the conditions rather than let it bother you and im sure
it will help.

 

[Alex1975]

I agree with adapt too, I play on frozen greens or baked greens but I have struggled to adapt this year, it's tough out there. I am hitting the ball better than ever and working pretty hard but getting "unlucky" more than I would like!

 

[DCB]

When I first started playing way back in the early 70s every summer seemed to produce conditions like this. Part of it was the weather and part of it the fact that irrigation was just a fancy word for watering. I do think we've gone too far the other way in recent years and over watered courses that didn't really need it. Then you get a long dry warm spell like this year and people are just clueless as to how to play the game. Older greens were designed to cope without watering, holding water in their base layers, we over water far too often just to keep certain players happy.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Need to adapt your game to suit the conditions you are playing in

 

[Doon frae Troon]

When I first started playing way back in the early 70s every summer seemed to produce conditions like this. Part of it was the weather and part of it the fact that irrigation was just a fancy word for watering. I do think we've gone too far the other way in recent years and over watered courses that didn't really need it. Then you get a long dry warm spell like this year and people are just clueless as to how to play the game. Older greens were designed to cope without watering, holding water in their base layers, we over water far too often just to keep certain players happy.

Well said.
I broke a course record in the drought of 1976, the heathland fairways were white and my bag only had irons in it.
I hit one of the par fives with a 2 iron and a 7 iron.

 

[CMAC]

Need to adapt your game to suit the conditions you are playing in

Brilliant advice! you could sell that to the tour, or any outdoor sport, this should be made mandatory advice in every instruction or training manual.











:ears:

 

[CMAC]

Well said.
I broke a course record in the drought of 1976, the heathland fairways were white and my bag only had irons in it.
I hit one of the par fives with a 2 iron and a 7 iron.

I remember that summer, playing 36 hole scratch comps and 'bouncing' wedge shots in by letting the first bounce happen about 20 yds short of the green. I played in trainers as well (forerunner to these comfy pimple soled golf shoes nowadays) as they gave good grip and were more comfortable than heavy spiked golf weights.

 

[Alex1975]

It could also be argued that we gain too as far as par 5s are much easier to hit in two.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Brilliant advice! you could sell that to the tour, or any outdoor sport, this should be made mandatory advice in every instruction or training manual.











:ears:

Will call it CSGT ( common sense golf thinking ) - should be able to milk a bit of money for it :thup:

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Will call it CSGT ( common sense golf thinking ) - should be able to milk a bit of money for it :thup:

You could align it to HNSP [historically natural standing position] and really clean up.