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Originally Posted by tophcfa
I agree, it’s nice to hear positive comments about golf courses. In fact, I listen to comments closely when deciding where to make T times. That being said, factual negative comments can be just as helpful when deciding where not to play. The greens at Riley Grove (Palmer) are much newer than Southern Oaks and have gone to crap, which is disturbing. The greens at Mallory and Hacienda are old and are in great shape, which proves age doesn’t necessarily correlate with conditions.
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Still fairly new here and still learning. The turf grass here, both on the courses and in the yards, makes this place far more attractive (to me) than what I was expecting. It is mostly just gorgeous, at least in the summer time, though the crisp right angles of many of the edged lawns is still pretty cool, even now.
I've been told that much of the variation that I've seen in the greens on various courses is due to the differences in the types of grass used. I find that hard to believe, but happy to be further educated.
Each of my few outings on the championship courses had perfectly fine greens. The greens on the executives, at least until recently, were satisfactory, though notably "different" from the championships. My last few outings on a couple of the Pitch and Putts found the greens to be in considerably better condition than with any of my recent executive course experiences.
The Tarpon Boil thing remains quite the mystery to me, but the aspect that intrigues me the most is how much is known about "why" all these differences exist. What are the variables, and how relatively important is each of those variables, and whether that info is readily available (other than the speculations that I often hear/read)? Does anyone "know" if the Tarpon Boil problem is a fungus, for example?
Oh, and I watched the recent video of the Truman nine where balls with one of the pin placements could apparently not be made to stop within eight or ten feet of the hole (without going *into* said hole) without rolling back to a "collection area". There was interesting speculation about 3° of slope around a pin placement being reasonable while 4° would not be. I suppose the numbers would also vary with any given Stimpmeter reading.
Anyway, there's lots of knowledgeable folks on this forum and I get a kick out of learning from them. Seems some may have some "inside" info from "the horse's mouth". Do these horses regularly publish anything about the subject where peons like myself could learn more about why things are the way they are. Or, are they something like "trade secrets"?
I understand that affordable compromises for the executive courses make sense, and I think that they've found a pretty reasonable set of them. I've enjoyed playing them. But, I still remain *very* curious about why some greens "hold" and others do not - or even allow or don't allow the production of "ball marks". Thanks in advance for any enlightenment.