In the Toronto area new courses started using long fescues in the rough about 15 years ago or so. I mean that it became the norm at many new clubs.
Kind of cool at first, but over the years I have just grown to hate it. In fact I will go out of my way to avoid courses with this feature. Why???? You can be guaranteed a 5 to 6 hour round because you spend all day looking for your ball in this stuff or waiting for those ahead to find theirs.
I played a new course (Glencarine) on Tuesday and I mean the rough was at least a foot deep in all areas.
We waited on every single shot as people hunted for their balls. We were no better either. A couple of times I deserved to loose my ball because it was well into the rough but we must have lost 6 balls between us that had just trickled into the rough.
I'm a big fan of the fescue, and have actually never played on a course with it. I know a bit about sod, and aesthetically, it's a beautiful type of grass! I can imagine how much trouble it would be to find a ball in it though. That's too bad brianf, but I still like the stuff...
I'm a big fan of the fescue, and have actually never played on a course with it. I know a bit about sod, and aesthetically, it's a beautiful type of grass! I can imagine how much trouble it would be to find a ball in it though. That's too bad brianf, but I still like the stuff...
I'm about like you Bama....I love the look of it but haven't played a course with it as their primary rough. No courses around here ever use it...yet still rounds manage to take 5+ hours during the daytime periods. What gives I wonder?
In the Toronto area new courses started using long fescues in the rough about 15 years ago or so. I mean that it became the norm at many new clubs.
Kind of cool at first, but over the years I have just grown to hate it. In fact I will go out of my way to avoid courses with this feature. Why???? You can be guaranteed a 5 to 6 hour round because you spend all day looking for your ball in this stuff or waiting for those ahead to find theirs.
I played a new course (Glencarine) on Tuesday and I mean the rough was at least a foot deep in all areas.
We waited on every single shot as people hunted for their balls. We were no better either. A couple of times I deserved to loose my ball because it was well into the rough but we must have lost 6 balls between us that had just trickled into the rough.
BAN THIS STUFF
Your thoughts?
brianf
It's out of control IF it's grown right off the fairway. However most courses that I can think of only have it as naturalized area 10-30 yds off the fairway. I love the look of the whispy fescue blowing in the wind. I have a problem if it's just off the fairway. I don't know why any course would have that deep of rough without some kind of normal 2"-4" rough first, then the long stuff. If you find your ball, it's not impossible to hit out of long, fine fescue, even if it's a foot deep, up to 150 yds.
It's out of control IF it's grown right off the fairway. However most courses that I can think of only have it as naturalized area 10-30 yds off the fairway. I love the look of the whispy fescue blowing in the wind. I have a problem if it's just off the fairway. I don't know why any course would have that deep of rough without some kind of normal 2"-4" rough first, then the long stuff. If you find your ball, it's not impossible to hit out of long, fine fescue, even if it's a foot deep, up to 150 yds.
Exactly!!!!!!!! More of the courses around here will just have a 10 foot area of normal 3 to4 inch rough them wham, the fescue.
It does look cool though. When it gets really hot and it dries out and almost turns a reddish color.
I just get the impression in our area it has become "The Fad" right now and its all you see. Give me a parkland course any day.
Most of the courses in Niagara Falls use fescue but recently have been forced to trim it back some. The rounds take forever because this stuff eats balls. Hitting out of it is a trick. The stuff grabs the hosel and twists it and you are lucky to make solid contact. I love the courses that they use it on but watching 4 guys looking in the fescue over and over is too much. This year they trimmed it back quite a bit.
I hate it. Everyone is trying the MODERN LINKS look. Why don't they stay Traditional? I played a few tournaments last year at courses like this... Most noteworthy at Eagles Nest. I hate courses that look like that, it's got no character :(. I love treelined, am I the only one?!?!?
I have noticed most of the new courses in this area are all going "links". If it's done properly, it's fun to play on that type of course but I still prefer traditional. Maybe because I don't lose as many balls. Hunter's Pointe in Welland is an example of using the fescue properly I think. 10 yards off the fairway is a little extreme though.
July 1st, 2005, 05:58 PM
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