Gray_Ghost:
Ian Poulter Instagram photo of one of the greens, along with an apology from him to the fans, about how bad the greens are.
He’s right: this is shit, provided the rest of the greens on the course look like that one. I worked at a links course that had teething pains, and eventually they ripped up the fescue and seeded it with poa annua (greens) and rye (fairways). But up until that point, it was all happy BS about it being, “a true links experience” and “challenging”, implying that anyone with beef was nothing but a crybaby. Look, I get that the USGA gets off on making the US Open a torture test. The greens need not look like a mushroom farm in order to do that though.
Beautiful setting, even with the trains. Looks like it’ll be an exciting finish with Speith and Grace.
EDIT: And right as I’m typing, Grace decides to go OB.
Speith’s pretty good, isn’t he?
I don’t think I’ve ever played on greens that bad - and I’m a casual hacker who plays on the cheapest courses I can find. Hell my lawn’s in better shape than that.
I know of a course out in the boonies that is $7 to play 9 holes with a cart on weekdays. The greens look like that.
Damn, I pay 10 bucks for nine and lug my own clubs around.
I hear ya, but how about on the replay like they sometimes do with baseball?