CliveW
Tour Winner
It sounds just like winter golf. Will we still be playing off fairway mats?
When do you think you will next play golf?
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User20204
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Most of us will be hoping we can peg it up so we make contact
Jacko_G
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Rlburnside
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I don’t know how to post a link but if you look at bunkered website you will see that bbcs golf correspondent Iain Carter and golf writer Alister Tait have both tweeted that they have heard May 11th is the start. Make of that what you will.
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Mandofred
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If I get sick, it won't be because of playing golf. Going to the store is a zillion times more dangerous. As someone else mentioned....people are lined up outside (Asda in our case) and behaving themselves.....then they enter and turn into (what my wife says....) Giant Haystacks. Being American I'm not familiar with that person, but we had our own bad guy wrestlers...Dutch Savage (not Doc Savage) when I was young.
rosecott
Money List Winner
Although we are on BRS and non-members can book tee-times using that, we have been told that it will be members only at first until the effects of any restriction on numbers can be assessed.
Recent message from our head green keeper.
With the Greenkeeping team currently split into two groups, one half being furloughed, the main priority is keeping on top of the mowing of all surfaces in readiness for when the course is able to reopen for play once again.
With the vigorous growth we are currently experiencing, this obviously dominates the working week with all available hands engaged on mowing machines.
Essential tasks such as feeding, and watering are included in the maintenance programme. We have also found the time to carry out another tining of the greens and approaches together with a heavy top dressing.
The height of cut on the putting surfaces remains at 5mm as we have no need at present to take this down any lower. However, once a resumption date is known the height will be reduced quite rapidly so that we can present the putting surfaces for members in first class condition.
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Deleted member 18588
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A few pictures of pretty, striped fairways seem sufficient to convince some people that their courses are going to resemble Augusta post lockdown.
What the course is actually like and what it looks like in a photo taken from a distance may well be two entirely different things.
What the course is actually like and what it looks like in a photo taken from a distance may well be two entirely different things.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
All photos look like Augusta from a distance.
Had a stroll to my club today and walked the course.
Talking to GK he said “course will take 7 days to get to Social golf but 10 days to comp standard.
You can only reduce the height of cut gradually.
The course looked like it hadn’t been cut for three days but had been done yesterday.
It won’t be a problem anywhere except the greens will be slow until they have time to lower the mowers.
He said growth had shot up in the last two weeks and must say some of the rough looked brutal.
Bunker on the 3rd hole had a sand castle in it again.
Must be a good picnic spot.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
This is the correct action imo.
With so many people furloughed and not working there won’t be many empty tee times .
Especially if it’s two balls.
Some members might not get on.
I would not be happy if I can’t play and they let visitors on, after paying my fees and not being able to play.
Crow
Crow Person
Longer cut, slower greens?
Great, give me a chance to go old school with a more lofted putter, be like playing from the days before Augusta Syndrome took over.
Great, give me a chance to go old school with a more lofted putter, be like playing from the days before Augusta Syndrome took over.
If the picture is taken from a height, distance, drone etc then I'd agree. When you are seeing multiple pictures, of various parts of the course, including the greens then you get a better idea. I, and others, are not claiming they will be ready tomorrow, but there seems enough evidence that some clubs are closer to ready than perhaps people may have expected.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Photos are very misleading.
Normally when you see stripes on grass it’s because it’s been flattened down looks good but might be quite long.
The only way to asses a green is stand on it.
General play no problem , but it will take a while to get to comp standard.
Any standard will be good atm ,as we are all stir crazy.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
What was the loft on the older putters?
I like watching the old black and white films of a proper pop stroke.
It’s how hard they hit it for a short putt.
Crow
Crow Person
Just been and measured a couple:
Spalding Synchro-Line, probably late 1960s was around 4 or 5 degrees.
JB Halley hickory, approx 1930 was around 7 degrees.
Shooter McPowick
Head Pro
No, not rock up when you feel like it - there’s no common sense in that. If tee times are managed via the member login why do you need it to be managed at the 1st tee?
upsidedown
Tour Winner
Our greens yesterday
Shooter McPowick
Head Pro
Ye Olde Boomer
Well-known member
When do you think you will next play golf?
At this point, I feel it's best to keep thinking out of the equation.
It clearly puts one out of synch with the politicians.
At this point, I feel it's best to keep thinking out of the equation.
It clearly puts one out of synch with the politicians.
