the cheaper the course the better i play...
case in point, the other day i went to go play at a 65 dollar course. really nice, very pretty landscaping, nicely manicured, driving range, gps on the carts...the whole lot. i played like i had two broken arms.
the week before i went to my local course, about 15 dollars for twilight. it's noisy, the greens are faded, the carts are falling apart...played spectacularly (for me atleast).
it's irritating, cause when i do well on the cheap course, it makes me want to go and play at a nice course. then when i play badly at the nice course i feel like a dummy for spending the cash...
the cheaper the course the better i play...
case in point, the other day i went to go play at a 65 dollar course. really nice, very pretty landscaping, nicely manicured, driving range, gps on the carts...the whole lot. i played like i had two broken arms.
the week before i went to my local course, about 15 dollars for twilight. it's noisy, the greens are faded, the carts are falling apart...played spectacularly (for me atleast).
it's irritating, cause when i do well on the cheap course, it makes me want to go and play at a nice course. then when i play badly at the nice course i feel like a dummy for spending the cash...
so, am i the only one this happens to?
i just a matter of being comfortable with your surroundings. if you played that course a lot, you wouldn't think nothing of it then. Riverwood here in Port Charlotte, used to get the best of me, now that i played it quite often this summer when the rates were lower, i score better on it than i do my home course even though its 400 yards longer and a tougher rating.
Well I think it probably could be one of two things.
1. You're in your comfort zone on the 15 dollar course, whereas on the 65 dollar course you've paid a lot of money and want to play well so you get the feeling you're getting something from the money you've spent. No one likes to shoot bad when they've forked over a bunch of money to play a round or you feel like it's wasted money.
2. Chances are the 65 dollar course is just harder, period. Generally speaking it's been my experience that the nicer the course, usually the harder it is with more traps, water, longer holes, etc.
The 20 dollar courses around here are quite a bit easier than the 50 dollar ones.
usually the cheaper courses are easier, because the greens arent as slick, and the pins arent as hard, the lies arent as tight, the bunkers arent as deep, and so on......
I play better on pricy courses because the opposite of what nikerep says...the greens are slicker and more true, the fairways are more uniformly cut, tight or not at least they have grass and are neither scrubby rough or patchy, the rough is usually higher but the layout of better courses just seems easier to navigate as there is usually a right and a wrong way to play it vs cheap public courses I've played that the design seems pieced together depending on the land available and course maintainence (overgrown trees esp.) have changed original design intentions...played one public course in Washington last May and the fairways and greens were so hard due to lack of watering that wedge shots would bounce 6-8 feet in the air when they hit, regardless of spin...
Every post on point. You know you'll get your money's worth on the cheapies (which are easier). Must overcome the pucker factor when dropping the bucks on a nicer course. Think of it this way...you ain't gittin' the money back and you won't do any worse than the last time out so you should get more for your $ this time, right? so...spend the money, go play golf, make sure you have 65 bux worth of fun (not score-dependent).
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p.s. Does this sound like a po'boy who's been there?
Every post on point. You know you'll get your money's worth on the cheapies (which are easier). Must overcome the pucker factor when dropping the bucks on a nicer course. Think of it this way...you ain't gittin' the money back and you won't do any worse than the last time out so you should get more for your $ this time, right? so...spend the money, go play golf, make sure you have 65 bux worth of fun (not score-dependent).
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p.s. Does this sound like a po'boy who's been there?
I feel you. When I go out and pay more money than average, I just try to have a good time, regardless of how good I play. It doesn't hurt if I'm playing well, but if I'm with a few friends I enjoy playing with, even if I'm not shooting that great, I still try to make it worth the money i just spent.
I play better on pricy courses because the opposite of what nikerep says...the greens are slicker and more true, the fairways are more uniformly cut, tight or not at least they have grass and are neither scrubby rough or patchy, the rough is usually higher but the layout of better courses just seems easier to navigate as there is usually a right and a wrong way to play it vs cheap public courses I've played that the design seems pieced together depending on the land available and course maintainence (overgrown trees esp.) have changed original design intentions...played one public course in Washington last May and the fairways and greens were so hard due to lack of watering that wedge shots would bounce 6-8 feet in the air when they hit, regardless of spin...
This is true for me also ... usually. I prefer greens that are fast & true and consistant sand. The part about untrimmed trees is especially true at a few of my usual places...trees that may have been a good idea when the course was laid out, but now leave you without a shot from the middle of the %$*#! fairway.
I play better on pricy courses because the opposite of what nikerep says...the greens are slicker and more true, the fairways are more uniformly cut, tight or not at least they have grass and are neither scrubby rough or patchy, the rough is usually higher but the layout of better courses just seems easier to navigate as there is usually a right and a wrong way to play it vs cheap public courses I've played that the design seems pieced together depending on the land available and course maintainence (overgrown trees esp.) have changed original design intentions...played one public course in Washington last May and the fairways and greens were so hard due to lack of watering that wedge shots would bounce 6-8 feet in the air when they hit, regardless of spin...
Oh trust me..I like the faster greens, and tighter lies, and stuff, but I was just saying for the average player it would be harder!
Oh trust me..I like the faster greens, and tighter lies, and stuff, but I was just saying for the average player it would be harder!
Yeah, the tigher the lie, and the faster the greens the better for me. I get all bass ackwords on slow greens. I can never make myself hit it hard enough and leave EVERYTHING short.
Yeah, the tigher the lie, and the faster the greens the better for me. I get all bass ackwords on slow greens. I can never make myself hit it hard enough and leave EVERYTHING short.
I like fast greens too. My home course has the faster greens of any course I've played so far, and when I go to another course I leave a lot of stuff short. Including those putts within 4 feet.
November 30th, 2006, 03:25 PM
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