Winter Rules

[Fish]

Played the Centurion Club on Saturday and St Anne's Old Links on Sunday and both were preferred lie (pick & clean) on the fairways.

Is your course now operating to winter rules, whether fully or in part?

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Both of my clubs are.

 

[pokerjoke]

Yes.
Back to Hedgehogs too next week.

 

[cookelad]

Preferred lies in play at ours just to get rid of the occasional jockey!

 

[AmandaJR]

Yes - in force since Sat 19th Oct and needed as the day before I was getting lots of mud balls!

 

[Khamelion]

Yes, got the email from Whickham telling us preferred lies now in operation and my dad got the same for Westerhope.

 

[bluewolf]

Yup, and the Temp Tee boxes are already out on the Par 3's. Will be out on all tees soon enough...:angry:.. Won't be long before we have to use the fairway mats...ne:

 

[El Bandito]

Still play as it lies here - but judging by todays weather cant be far away...

 

[DAVEYBOY]

Nope, and they are not needed yet. Played the PGA sat after loads of rain and during rain and didn't get a single mud ball, the fairways are still running aswell. There are never temp tees and we don't even have temp greens... The course is in great condition all year round Also.

 

[Fish]

Nope, and they are not needed yet. Played the PGA sat after loads of rain and during rain and didn't get a single mud ball, the fairways are still running aswell. There are never temp tees and we don't even have temp greens... The course is in great condition all year round Also.

I thought you said a little while back that the PGA was looking a bit scruffy lately, or words to that effect.

Even so, on links courses that drain well, its still good practice to protect them if their wet from poorly driven buggies and heavy trolleys or rope areas so buggies & trolleys go down the sides.

 

[DAVEYBOY]

I thought you said a little while back that the PGA was looking a bit scruffy lately, or words to that effect.

Even so, on links courses that drain well, its still good practice to protect them if their wet from poorly driven buggies and heavy trolleys or rope areas so buggies & trolleys go down the sides.

I think you have got the wrong person mate, I believe the PGA is one of the most maintained courses in the area.

I had a look at Sutton Coldfield CG the other day who have subs of £2000 with joining fee. The course was shocking. More like a muni and the bunker I looked in was a mud pit full of stones. We where going to play it but sod that from what we seen.

Most people who I know from the Belfry go and play other courses in the area and always come back saying we are spoilt with our course conditions.

 

[DAVEYBOY]

We have trolley bans in the winter but I carry all year anyway.

 

[Fish]

I think you have got the wrong person mate, I believe the PGA is one of the most maintained courses in the area.

You must have been referring to The Derby then when you said it was "looking better these days", my apologises.

http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/showthread.php?60563-The-belfry&p=922012&viewfull=1#post922012

 

[DAVEYBOY]

That was in reference to the old and new owners, I never played it when the old owners where there but I've heard story's of the condition they left it in. Now the Derby and PGA are both kept to great standards with the new owners and since I've been there.

 

[SaintHacker]

We have preferred lies all year round, stops any 'thats in a divot, no it isn't its pony hoof print' type arguements.

 

[tyke]

Preferred lies started on Friday at mine.

 

[DAVEYBOY]

We have preferred lies all year round, stops any 'thats in a divot, no it isn't its pony hoof print' type arguements.

I wouldn't want that, dodgy lies are part of the game.

 

[Imurg]

We normally start on Nov 1st unless conditions determine it should be earlier.
It was ok on Friday, no real mud-balls but I suspect after today, tomorrow and wednesday, we'll be on WR on Friday..

 

[jp5]

We have preferred lies all year round, stops any 'thats in a divot, no it isn't its pony hoof print' type arguements.

Do you get to have another go if your putt rolls a bit funny too?

 

[SaintHacker]

Do you get to have another go if your putt rolls a bit funny too?

Sadly not, or I would be off single figures