Golf seems more enjoyable to me in TV, but I think there are several reasons for this. First of all, I play from the white tees, which are closer here (I would be playing from the equivalent of the blues "up north"). The championship courses are generally shorter here than the courses I played in my other life. The fairways are wider with less rough. There are fewer trees lining each hole - in fact I'm trying to think of a single hole in TV that I would call "narrow", and can't come up with any. Maybe Tierra Del Sol's No. 10? Water holes here come into play less. Regarding rules, the group I play with is very strict about playing by the rules, with the only exception being that we can roll the ball to a good lie in the fairways. And we putt out every putt. The cost of championship golf in TV is high , and I'm not all that pleased with current greens conditions (Mallory's greens are a disgrace). But at least the price went way down this week. Overall I like playing golf here. And I love the convenience of using my own cart.
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