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Old 09-11-2023, 08:22 PM
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Personally I enjoy having different lengths of rough. Playing the senior card means your game may not be good enough to play Championship, or you are playing from the wrong tees. The fairways here are very wide and should accommodate everyone's game. We should be penalized for bad shots, golf has always had consequences for poor shots and for the prices they charge, the course should be challenging.
Agreed. Try playing one of the famous links courses in England, Scotland or Ireland, where the tall fescue grows to knee length just off the first cut. Visually stunning. The Villages "Championship" courses are just driving ranges in comparison.