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Originally Posted by ajbrown
Played Tierra yesterday. Course is in good shape. These greens did not have any of the issues I saw at Havana Friday. The greens look great, smooth and full.
I bold the word look in the line above because the greens are too slow for my liking. I am not expecting Augusta in TV, but I think they could find a way to get another foot or two of speed in these without hurting the surface.
Tierra still one of my favorites in TV and IMO possibly the toughest course when compared to its rating/slope (69/118).
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I sent an email to 'thevillages" and Erik graciously responded. Not sure if anything will come from it, but at least some awareness.
From: Greulach, Erik [mailto:erik.Greulach@thevillages.com]
Subject: Championship Golf
Good Afternoon Alan…
Thanks for your feedback. Not knowing what your expectations are, I can tell you we try and keep the greens rolling around an 8 (give or take a foot either way) on the stimpmeter (if you are familiar with that terminology), of course depending a little on season and health of the turf.
I’ve passed your notes along to the management at these two courses to reflect on based on their current conditions.
Best Regards…Erik
And like I mentioned to Erik, I like 9 much better than 7
