Swinger
Journeyman Pro
When it's Gorse!
When is Heather not heather?
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CliveW
Tour Winner
I'm confused. They're two completely different plants and look nothing like each other.
When it's Erica? Alternative name for heather.
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User20205
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It's a great question. It annoys me when people get it wrong. They are absolutely different plants....but I've known fellas describe hacking out of the gorse and bracken at west hill, when they really mean heather.
Those kind of lazy botanical faux pas are really unacceptable in today's Internet age
Heather is a rather small plant that only grows to a height of three or four inches. Gorse grows into rather large prickly bushes. Both are a bit difficult to hit golf balls out of!
User20205
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3-4 inches
have you not been to hankley common
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Oh I don't know...I didn't have an issue from the right of the 18th at Blackmoor on H4H day a few years back.....😀😩😱
need_my_wedge
Has Now Found His Wedgie
3-4 inches
Or Sunningdale..... Almost knee deep in parts!!
yes, we have bits that are well over knee high. the only bit that a few inches is the stuff the cut back as it had gorse growing in parts
need_my_wedge
Has Now Found His Wedgie
Looks like we've just planted a number of new gorse bushes on our 4th hole, situated at a point where long hit balls have a tendancy to roll down due to the shape of the fairway. Gonna be painful in more ways than one in a year or two.....
Capella
Journeyman Pro
Botanical nitpicking aside, I'd recommend to hit the ball into neither and just keep it on the fairway :swing:
GORSE! My new place has gorse... In fact it has the highest and toughest gorse on the planet. I think it's been cross bred with Triffids! And it moves! Quite often my ball sets off and looks great in flight only for a Triffid to run across to catch my ball. Sneaky stuff, not to be trusted!
Tiger
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You've obviously not played Aldeburgh then. Death by gorse at that place 😨😨😨😨😨
Jensen
Tour Rookie
When she's called Joanne 😀
need_my_wedge
Has Now Found His Wedgie
You can hit plumb centre on our 4th, and still roll down to the gorse if you hit it long, just the lay of the land. Time to play smarter......
Crawfy
Tour Rookie
When her name's not Heather ?
