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**SteantyjetMaw** · 04-27-2012, 09:41 PM

Our course is an older, traditional layout so the greens were made for the much slower grasses back then so our greens have lots of undulation. As a result, every day there are a few holes with extreme breaks or slopes if you are in the wrong position on that green. It is a pretty good rule of thumb on any course to "stay below the hole."

One of my favorite course I have played anywhere is an old course in Massachusetts, Taconic, which I loved and some of the greens there were very severe. Those greens didn't detract from the course, rather, they added to the experience.

So, sometimes the severe greens are because modern grasses can be mowed much closer than when the course was first designed. I'm a fan of most old courses so I will just enjoy their greens as they are, don't want to mess with history.

04-27-2012, 09:41 PM	#21
SteantyjetMaw Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 566 Senior Member	Our course is an older, traditional layout so the greens were made for the much slower grasses back then so our greens have lots of undulation. As a result, every day there are a few holes with extreme breaks or slopes if you are in the wrong position on that green. It is a pretty good rule of thumb on any course to "stay below the hole." One of my favorite course I have played anywhere is an old course in Massachusetts, Taconic, which I loved and some of the greens there were very severe. Those greens didn't detract from the course, rather, they added to the experience. So, sometimes the severe greens are because modern grasses can be mowed much closer than when the course was first designed. I'm a fan of most old courses so I will just enjoy their greens as they are, don't want to mess with history.
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