Good.Shepherd
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I just had one of those never endiong rounds the other day--playing as a single. It was unreal. But they were booked ahead of me and there was a five in front of me and a six behind me. It started out fine, we weren't all bunched up and when the starter sent me out it was clear. But everyone was losing balls, and everyone would spend five minutes per ball looking.
I know this is "native rough", but it's just ridiculous how it plays on the course and unless everyone in front of you 10 foursomes up hits straight it's going to kill pace of play. Pretty much going a foot off the second cut triggers a lost ball 8/10 times. I only lost two, which was a miracle, but I played it like I would have played a US Open course and was exceptionally conservative.
The guys ahead--it was just provisional after provisional with 15 minutes of looking in between.
Why do courses do this? They're not hosting a major tournament. They're a public course. They encourage beginning golfers to learn on the course, too.
Here's the fairway, first cut, and native. This stuff was all over.
I know this is "native rough", but it's just ridiculous how it plays on the course and unless everyone in front of you 10 foursomes up hits straight it's going to kill pace of play. Pretty much going a foot off the second cut triggers a lost ball 8/10 times. I only lost two, which was a miracle, but I played it like I would have played a US Open course and was exceptionally conservative.
The guys ahead--it was just provisional after provisional with 15 minutes of looking in between.
Why do courses do this? They're not hosting a major tournament. They're a public course. They encourage beginning golfers to learn on the course, too.
Here's the fairway, first cut, and native. This stuff was all over.