This rain has been ridiculous of late. Every course I have played on the last two weeks has flooded sand traps. fairways with rivers or large puddles and very humid.
maybe we will turn it around
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maybe we will turn it around
River19
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Same......one course had a ton of casual water on the fairways and their traps were 1-3' deep water hazards you could fish....but their green complexes were perfect still. Another was basically "normal" by comparison as it drains very well. Yet another was decimated with rain and had to rebuild cart paths etc. Their fairways were soft to very soft to swampy and their traps while dry were concrete. To the point where I elected to move my ball to an area of dry sand within the bunker......concrete isn't worth it.
I feel for them all.......Mother Nature has been a B!$%& this year,......
jcurtis2010
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Ironically I've only played 1 of those courses. Still have 1 other to play. Thanks for the reminder!
This may have been posted before but definitely worth a 2nd look. They sell out so put this on your radar. MA area outings including some great places.
www.golfthetour.com
The TOUR of Greater Boston - Amatuer Golf Society
TheTOUR of Greater Boston is a traveling tournament club that hosts golf tournaments every week throughout eastern New England. We seek men and women golfers of all abilities.
River19
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This may have been posted before but definitely worth a 2nd look. They sell out so put this on your radar. MA area outings including some great places.
The TOUR of Greater Boston - Amatuer Golf Society
TheTOUR of Greater Boston is a traveling tournament club that hosts golf tournaments every week throughout eastern New England. We seek men and women golfers of all abilities.
That looks like a fun schedule......
River19
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So given the 4" of predicted additional rain and the whole tornado watch/warning thing, chances are courses will be a tad wet and damaged heading into the week.
Tough year to be on the groundskeeper crews.......damn.
Tough year to be on the groundskeeper crews.......damn.
River19
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Areas of NH adjacent to us have seen 17" of rain since 6/1 before this weekend's soaking.........
Crazy. I can fish some of the bunkers and fairways at a few courses.......Mother Nature.
I think the whole state of Ma is waterlogged.
A few days without any rain would be nice.
A few days without any rain would be nice.
Yeah CT is finally drying out some. Playing 18 this am at Keney Park in Hartford. Weather looks good
jhtr20
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I got out on Windham CC yesterday. Pretty soggy in spots after Friday nights deluge. A number of traps had standing water. Overall it was in nice shape. Greens were great if people fixed their ball marks. Pace of play was very good, 3 1/2 hour round, which is always nice.
Typhoon
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I was told Overlook in NH has been closed for a week.
Played Windham a couple of weeks ago was in good shape tight course
Played Lakeside at Juniper Hills Saturday was in good shape. Except for the ridiculously loud guy in the foursome behind us with the even more ridiculously loud clothes (yellow shirt, crazy multi color blue, yellow, pink pants and a bright green hat) this guy would not shut up. He also picked up my ball twice as I ended up left straddling the two holes
Wait please explain how does the guy behind you picked up your ball twice?
Glad to see your playing again, we need to get out soon!
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jhtr20
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Could be the Nashua River that runs along a few holes has flooded it. We had a flood watch in the area Friday night. Definitely call ahead if interested in playing Overlook.
thats easy he was on the hole behind us which is also adjacent . So after they hit their tee shot on say the 8th, we are passing them after hitting our tee shot on the 9th or so. My ball was a bit left between the two holes but not in the woods just some rough area.
jdlive
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Maybe 11 & 12? Those are 2 par 4s right next to each other and usually has some cross traffic. My Friday league plays there. They've done a nice job getting the course back in decent shape after it was trashed during the pandemic.
Could be 9 & 10 too.
Played there last fall. Great place.
The guy up my ball twice in the round. Actually same Bridgestone ball with same blue line. I was more mad the second time figuring he would remember the first time LOL. That was my first time on Lakeside, I have played the Riverside 4-5 times. I guess that side is a bit underwater
jdlive
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Yeah Riverside has more issues with the heavy rains. For our league last Friday they had the tees on #9 way up, so it played as a 200 yard "par 4". They've done a lot of work to get the drainage on 8/9 better but this month has been ridiculous with the amount of rain.
jcurtis2010
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Anyone around the Plymouth area up for a round of golf this week? Looking for some people to play with while I'm in the area!
I'm up in central Ma. I could possibly play Wed. We could meet up halfway and maybe coax @rlefig out of his den.
jcurtis2010
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I'm game! What would be a good halfway spot?