The original Bushwood thread is overflowing like Craig Stadler's FUPA.
Use this thread to discuss tournaments, swing thoughts, equipment, and golf deals.
I thought we could also use the OP to create a WITB for ChiefsPlanet members. I'll list a poster's name and put their sticks in a spoiler tag, so you can see what everyone is carrying. [Reply]
That's the priblem, we already have a British open, there was no need for another one. Putting in poa is like putting on a planko board and is more indicative about luck vs skill. US open is traditionally played on a traditional old style golf course with punishing rough and fast greens. That's what I prefer the us open to be, but I was curious to see how this one went. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
Of course, that's exactly how greens are in Scotland where the game was invented. We were promised a British Open style of course and we got one. Frankly it was much better than seeing shaved down greens where decent putts rolled 50 feet down a slope causing guys to pitch up 3x and take a double. -5 was a score that indicated it was hard but not stupidly punitive.
That's complete bullshit. Literally wrong on all accounts
1) The greens in Scotland are fescue, but they are a different species with much wider blade width than the fine fescue present at Chambers Bay. Also, they keep the grass longer there, which slows down the greens speeds. Poa cannot be cut short because it grows much quicker and forms seed heads almost instantaneously. As a result, the balls hop everywhere. Fescue greens in Scotland roll true.
2) Ask Chris Kirk above false fronts and pitching up and down multiple times. He had a chip roll down to his feet five times at #1 yesterday. Five. He took a ten.
3) There were numerous cases of guys hitting perfectly good putts that ended up miles away from the hole due to the construction of the green complexes, such as Patrick Reed's putt at 18 on Friday.
4) Open courses do not have greens that undulate nearly that much. The moguls are present in the fairways, and the course is protected by pot bunkers, which adds difficultly to running shots up to the green, and adds difficulty in flying shots to the hole due to the firmness of the putting surface.
It was a bastardized hybrid of a links course and a parkland course.
You simply have no idea what you are talking about. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
That's complete bullshit. Literally wrong on all accounts
1) The greens in Scotland are fescue, but they are a different species with much wider blade width than the fine fescue present at Chambers Bay. Also, they keep the grass longer there, which slows down the greens speeds. Poa cannot be cut short because it grows much quicker and forms seed heads almost instantaneously. As a result, the balls hop everywhere. Fescue greens in Scotland roll true.
2) Ask Chris Kirk above false fronts and pitching up and down multiple times. He had a chip roll down to his feet five times at #1 yesterday. Five. He took a ten.
3) There were numerous cases of guys hitting perfectly good putts that ended up miles away from the hole due to the construction of the green complexes, such as Patrick Reed's putt at 18 on Friday.
4) Open courses do not have greens that undulate nearly that much. The moguls are present in the fairways, and the course is protected by pot bunkers, which adds difficultly to running shots up to the green, and adds difficulty in flying shots to the hole due to the firmness of the putting surface.
It was a bastardized hybrid of a links course and a parkland course.
You simply have no idea what you are talking about.
I am stunningly impressed with your knowledge in this area..
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
<---Dad was a golf course super for many years. Worked on courses during summer months.
My dad worked at golf courses when he was young, he passed along very little other than me having to cut the lawn using half the blade and cut it both ways!
Originally Posted by GloryDayz:
My dad worked at golf courses when he was young, he passed along very little other than me having to cut the lawn using half the blade and cut it both ways!
LOL!
Like a preacher's kid, I went the opposite way. I hate taking care of grass now and do almost nothing to landscape. Push mow, weed eat when necessary, and that's about it.
Once I'm finished with school I have considered the possibility of buying a walking reel-to-reel mower and installing a small putting green for myself. But aside from that, I hate yard work. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
Like a preacher's kid, I went the opposite way. I hate taking care of grass now and do almost nothing to landscape. Push mow, weed eat when necessary, and that's about it.
Once I'm finished with school I have considered the possibility of buying a walking reel-to-reel mower and installing a small putting green for myself. But aside from that, I hate yard work.
I hated it then, i love it now. I'm calmer than my dad is, but I did the powered reel mower for a long time until he was convinced that zoysia could be cut with a circular mower. Now he has hosted 20-30 weddings on his lawn, but hey it was still a very sweaty deal.
As for getting a reel mower.... If my kid keeps progressing with golf at this clip, my lawn may end up with one corner having a green... [Reply]
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
That's complete bullshit. Literally wrong on all accounts
1) The greens in Scotland are fescue, but they are a different species with much wider blade width than the fine fescue present at Chambers Bay. Also, they keep the grass longer there, which slows down the greens speeds. Poa cannot be cut short because it grows much quicker and forms seed heads almost instantaneously. As a result, the balls hop everywhere. Fescue greens in Scotland roll true.
2) Ask Chris Kirk above false fronts and pitching up and down multiple times. He had a chip roll down to his feet five times at #1 yesterday. Five. He took a ten.
3) There were numerous cases of guys hitting perfectly good putts that ended up miles away from the hole due to the construction of the green complexes, such as Patrick Reed's putt at 18 on Friday.
4) Open courses do not have greens that undulate nearly that much. The moguls are present in the fairways, and the course is protected by pot bunkers, which adds difficultly to running shots up to the green, and adds difficulty in flying shots to the hole due to the firmness of the putting surface.
It was a bastardized hybrid of a links course and a parkland course.
You simply have no idea what you are talking about.
I'll take his word on this matter over yours, no offense.
The second time you play it you realize the club put zero into making the course nice.
The place is the fucking slums, and that's not taking anything away from any course in Scotland because Scotland is in, well, Scotland and that makes it a billion times cooler that anything around Seattle will ever be. [Reply]
I'll take his word on this matter over yours, no offense.
...you could tell by all the approach shots, that the course was just tough, I couldn't believe how many players just struggled...greens were super fast...I thought the ground just looked dry as hell... granted I only caught glimpses on sat and the final round..what was the final winning score....-5 ?
speaking of Phil, I'm the opposite but similar...lefty who had to learn to play right handed...Caddied( luckily, but hard to get into) at Blue Hills CC and played for free every Monday, so that helped a lot. [Reply]