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Old 07-27-2025, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Rolson08 View Post
My suggestion is to remove all the bunkers from the executive courses and put that maintenance money toward keeping the greens in better shape. Most executive golf course players don't need to be playing out of bunkers and imagine the pace of play benefits!
Disagree. Like to play the Executives for practice. I put little emphasis on the putting, because most greens don’t resemble conditions on the Championship courses and I don’t want to throw off my game for when I’m paying good money to play real golf. Practicing ball striking off the tee boxes, and bunker shots, are the reason I play the Executives (plus my wife likes those courses). Sometimes I hit into the bunkers purposely so I can get some practice. Of course, I often have to rake the bunker and place my ball because it’s in an unraked footprint.