My club has just gone onto the full winter course last week, very short and and now has 7 par 3's ( 3 of the best short par 4's get shortened by 200 yard and made into par 3s) instead of the usual 4.
One of the par 5's becomes a tricky par 4 rather than a fairly easy par hole.
All full greens though and putted well thanks to the new Graden Machine we got this year. Slits and injects kiln dried sand, far less invasive than hollow tine and recover and sare still good to put on straight after.
First week of the winter league, course is now a par 67 shot a 69 gross with a double on a par 4 so played OK-ish!
What changes do you have a to your course and how is it playing at the moment?
One of the par 5's becomes a tricky par 4 rather than a fairly easy par hole.
All full greens though and putted well thanks to the new Graden Machine we got this year. Slits and injects kiln dried sand, far less invasive than hollow tine and recover and sare still good to put on straight after.
First week of the winter league, course is now a par 67 shot a 69 gross with a double on a par 4 so played OK-ish!
What changes do you have a to your course and how is it playing at the moment?
That wouldnt be a course where I would play sounds like a pitch a putt. Its such a shame to reduce and change the course layout so drastically in order to try and protect it. I understand some courses cant cope with the rigours of a British winter due to their layout or soil, foundation etc but courses are normally more resilient than lazy green keepers give them credit for and the traffic numbers are significantly reduced in winter. Yes be careful about traffic and trolleys etc but come on we play a fortune in membership fees nowadays, clubs need to be a little more flexible and less pedantic about winter layouts and rules. 
