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Old 08-22-2023, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Flyers999 View Post
The championship courses that I've been playing lately are in great shape (as long as they've haven't been recently aeroated). There's only one problem: they grow the rough a little higher to the point where you may not see your ball unless you are standing directly over it. I can only surmise that it's healthier for the grass to be a little higher occasionly.
I'm not complaining. My group just allows a free drop for balls that disappear in the rough. It's just not fair. Just drop a ball and move on.
Not meant as an argument but it’s making the courses a little more difficult. It’s easy to say “don’t hit in the rough and you won’t have to worry”, but sometimes that’s harder to execute than not. There’s a fine line between letting the roughs fill in, (slower play) vs cutting them low and getting criticized for being too easy.