Poor Maintenance
I know there has been a lot of discussion on golf course conditions in the last couple of months, but after golfing Volusia today I would like to offer this take on why courses (talking Executive Courses) tend to have poor green conditions.
Whoever is responsible for mowing the greens at Volusia should be let go and replaced with someone that knows how a mow greens and how to know when the mower is not cutting evenly. A number of greens had been scalped down to the earth in strips. It was obvious that the mower was not adjusted properly and was cutting unevenly, leaving scalped strips across the green and around the perimeter of the greens. I wonder what the consultant from the USGA would have to say if he was to view these greens. It is definitely not a weather problem. Volusia as a whole was not in very good condition.
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