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Old 07-12-2017, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles View Post
You should have seen Egret yesterday. The tees putted faster than the greens, the fairways putted faster than the greens, the rough putted faster than the greens, the sand traps putted faster than the greens, and a ball 2 feet underwater putted faster than the greens. I suspect a cauldron of molten steel would putt faster than the greens
Thanks for the heads up, I was going to put in for Egret on Friday since they showed aerification was last done on May 19th. The past two weeks I played Cane Garden (Jacaranda to Allamada) and Havana (Hemingway only) and the greens were pretty good at both courses.

I see posters always making reference to a money issue for TV golf courses. These courses receive paying customers 12 months of the year and for six of those months they get top dollar. I came from Maryland and we usually never played past early November and started back early April, that's about 8 months of income for those courses. They also don't get top dollar green fees except on the weekends. That 8 days a month out of 30 days, the November to April higher green fees is a lot longer and the six month summer fees should be like gravy. Just saying.