All great comments. Overall for a public course, it’s outstanding. Any course it’s outstanding; but the type of grass used in the fairways and the greens is unique to the Northwest and this makes the golf course unique. In the old days they played on a lot of different quality golf courses and mostly public golf courses. The idea that every course should be like a carpet takes all the variety out of the game.
It also shows that course can be played when that last guy shot a birdie.
...In the old days they played on a lot of different quality golf courses and mostly public golf courses. The idea that every course should be like a carpet takes all the variety out of the game....
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Exactly! Hogan, Nelson, et al, didn’t play on pristine courses! Many of their tournaments were on public courses.
This event was an “Open”, permitting anyone who could qualify and not just for pampered pros. The vast majority of US golfers play on public courses that have ‘bumpy’ greens and sometimes fairways with little grass in the Summer. ...Too bad some of the pros had to whine about the conditions that regular duffers play in daily.
Brandel Chamblee and Frank Nobilo both were critical of the conditions, while David Duval was much more realistic about the course being a fair test. Joe Buck was just his usual: dork!