mntlblok |
02-20-2024 07:43 AM |
Fungus?
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Originally Posted by Dave951
(Post 2301923)
We played Churchill, Lowlands,and Mickey Lee this past week. Greens were great. Reddish, Tarpon, and Bonita are terrible. They should be closed impossible to putt on
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Saw it speculated here that the problem is fungus related. Makes sense, but I'm surprised that what precisely is going on hasn't been communicated here or elsewhere by now. Would expect something that bizarre would have become common knowledge by now.
We played Tarpon Boil for the first time recently and witnessed those greens. Have never seen anything like it. A most memorable day, too, as the wind, the cold, and my swing were nearly as bad as the turf conditions, though my putting was little worse than usual. Oh, and there was that haughty, former politician we endured. :-)
Have played MickeyLee a couple of times lately and the putting surface has been immaculate each time. Oddly, when we played it last week, there were zero ball marks nor any any sign that there had *ever* been a ball mark made on those greens. I hit the ball particularly well that day but had many balls strike the greens ground from on high, yet bounce and roll far past where the ball mark "would have been". I use "soft" balls (second hand :-) ) and normally find a ball mark rather near the landing spot. Having recently read of new (to me) methods of repairing same, I was hoping to get in some "testing". It's apparently another of my oddball traits that I find ball mark repair to be a most satisfying and "fun" endeavor - even those not of my own making. Brings back long ago memories of learning about healing via primary vs. secondary intention. :-)
Which reminds me. I *still* have found no answer for my finding that, even on the same course on the same day (I mostly play the par threes), some holes will be loaded with ball marks (repaired and otherwise) whilst others will have nary an imperfection. What's up with that? Obviously, one would expect more such marks on a hole of such length that it regularly receives wedges rather than 4 irons, but the differences have also been noted amongst holes of comparable length. I've made that inquiry a *lot* with never a satisfactory answer. While I'm sure every patch of turf grass can't receive exactly the same amount of water, I imagine that they're all "pretty close" for any given course. Based on past experience, I imagine that I'll still be asking this same question years from now. :-) Something for which to look forward. . .
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