The Golf Thread

[bamacheats]

Am I unamerican if I cheered for Bae over Bradley?

 

[govols/cc]

Willow Creek is pretty sloppy when its raining, more than the average course.

This willow creek is in SC.

 

[BigThunder]

Playing Harbour Town on Tuesday. :yes:

Are harbor town's greens bent or bermuda?

 

[whocaresgobobcats]

played jackson national a couple of times the past week. best was 81 with about 6 putts grazing the edge.

 

[GAVol]

Are harbor town's greens bent or bermuda?

Bermuda.

Not too many courses south of about Atlanta with bent greens. Summertime is just too hard on them. My home course which is about 60 miles south of Atlanta is bent and then there's one in Macon about 80 miles south of Atlanta. Those are the two farthest south that I know of.

 

[BigThunder]

Bermuda.

Not too many courses south of about Atlanta with bent greens. Summertime is just too hard on them. My home course which is about 60 miles south of Atlanta is bent and then there's one in Macon about 80 miles south of Atlanta. Those are the two farthest south that I know of.

I Figured. My home course is bent, it's really not that hard to take care of in the summer but you have to do it right where i'm from. You just have to stop the bermuda from growing on it. But where i'm from is all the way across the state. I imagine its very hard to take care of in the summer near the ocean. I feel like the really muggy air would really hurt the bent grass

 

[BigThunder]

Bermuda.

Not too many courses south of about Atlanta with bent greens. Summertime is just too hard on them. My home course which is about 60 miles south of Atlanta is bent and then there's one in Macon about 80 miles south of Atlanta. Those are the two farthest south that I know of.

But you are correct, not very many bent courses around here, but i'm a big bent guy. Bermuda is just to grainy. Have you ever played on bent fairways?

 

[GAVol]

But you are correct, not very many bent courses around here, but i'm a big bent guy. Bermuda is just to grainy. Have you ever played on bent fairways?

Bermuda is grainy in some places, but I've always thought that people let it get in their heads.

The only bent fairways I've ever played we're at one of the courses at Fairfield Glade. I wasn't really a fan. Just didn't like the way the ball sat on them.

 

[govols/cc]

But you are correct, not very many bent courses around here, but i'm a big bent guy. Bermuda is just to grainy. Have you ever played on bent fairways?

Grain is overrated & not that big of a deal. There's different types of Bermuda & some is more grainy than others but if anything it makes reading greens easier IMO. On TV they talk about it like it causes a putt to break a foot more than normal.

 

[GAVol]

I Figured. My home course is bent, it's really not that hard to take care of in the summer but you have to do it right where i'm from. You just have to stop the bermuda from growing on it. But where i'm from is all the way across the state. I imagine its very hard to take care of in the summer near the ocean. I feel like the really muggy air would really hurt the bent grass

Yep. Humidity is the killer. If moisture can't evaporate, the grass can't cool off and it wilts. Bent can't hardly survive around here without fans and hand watering the greens repeatedly during the day.

 

[GAVol]

Grain is overrated & not that big of a deal. There's different types of Bermuda & some is more grainy than others but if anything it makes reading greens easier IMO. On TV they talk about it like it causes a putt to break a foot more than normal.

The only thing I ever worry about with grain is if I'm dead into it or dead going with it.

 

[govols/cc]

The only thing I ever worry about with grain is if I'm dead into it or dead going with it.

Right but it still depends on overall speed of the greens you're playing. Those shiny putts are pretty scary on some courses.

The course closest to my house, River Falls, went to zoysia greens. I personally don't like them & I think they went to them solely for maintenance reasons. They have no grain & feel hard & crusty when you walk on them.

 

[GAVol]

Right but it still depends on overall speed of the greens you're playing. Those shiny putts are pretty scary on some courses.

The course closest to my house, River Falls, went to zoysia greens. I personally don't like them & I think they went to them solely for maintenance reasons. They have no grain & feel hard & crusty when you walk on them.

Most of the greens around here are Tifdwarf or Tifeagle Bermuda and you've got to really look to find grain. The only putts you worry about are the shiny ones.

You're right. Zoysia is purely a maintenance grass. It's great for slopes, bunkers and rough since it doesn't grow fast. On greens the ball feels like it sits really high. Like putting on Velcro.

 

[BigThunder]

Most of the greens around here are Tifdwarf or Tifeagle Bermuda and you've got to really look to find grain. The only putts you worry about are the shiny ones.

You're right. Zoysia is purely a maintenance grass. It's great for slopes, bunkers and rough since it doesn't grow fast. On greens the ball feels like it sits really high. Like putting on Velcro.

Never putted on zoysia, would it compare more to bermuda or bent?

 

[Orange Blazer]

Need some tips on ways I can lower my ball flight. I hit everything super high. Ideas?

 

[GAVol]

Never putted on zoysia, would it compare more to bermuda or bent?

Definitely bermuda.

 

[GAVol]

Need some tips on ways I can lower my ball flight. I hit everything super high. Ideas?

Do you lose distance because of the ball flight?

 

[Orange Blazer]

Do you lose distance because of the ball flight?

No roll on my drives. I do at times. If its windy I'm screwed.

 

[Spartacavolus]

Need some tips on ways I can lower my ball flight. I hit everything super high. Ideas?

If you are as tall as you say, I'd think you don't really have many options to not come steep, unless you swing like Kuchar.

 

[Orange Blazer]

If you are as tall as you say, I'd think you don't really have many options to not come steep, unless you swing like Kuchar.

I'm every bit of 6'5. It's very frustrating to try to gauge distance due to how high the ball flight is.

 

[GAVol]

Nobody ever wants to do it, but the easiest way to keep ball flight down is . . . don't swing as hard.

 

[Orange Blazer]

Nobody ever wants to do it, but the easiest way to keep ball flight down is . . . don't swing as hard.

I've tried that, I tend to decelerate when I slow down my swing speed. I just need to practice it more I guess.

 

[Pin High]

Need some tips on ways I can lower my ball flight. I hit everything super high. Ideas?

You a sweeper or digger on your iron shots

 

[govols/cc]

I've tried that, I tend to decelerate when I slow down my swing speed. I just need to practice it more I guess.

Less loft &/or I high kick, heavy, x stiff shaft like a whiteboard 80 gram.

 

[govols/cc]

Never putted on zoysia, would it compare more to bermuda or bent?

Texture feels like burnt out Bermuda but no grain like bent. They're not bad but very easy to maintain & keep alive & the green "filled" out.