It's dinner time

[Patrick_Mucci]

What are some of the best feeding features in golf ?

Before modifications were made the DA on the 10th at PV seemed to be one of them.

What are some others ?

And, are they liked or disliked by the average golfer ?

[JESII]

Pat,

What is the history of the DA?

[Stan Dodd]

The bunkers on the left of the fairway on The Pit at North Berwick.  Close to the bunkers are the ideal angle of approach and it seems anything that is drawing and gets within  range seem to end up in those bunkers.  My brother hit perfect (we thought) drives right of center with slight draw and ended up dead in the bunkers both times.  We watched as the balls nearly stopped both times and then trickled into big trouble.

[PThomas]

from watching Opens on TV, it seems as if Muirfields's just seem to devour golf balls

[SPDB]

Pat -
The 18th at Kapalua, although the wind helps dramatically.

[Mike Benham]

Speaking of Augusta National, how about the traditional Sunday hole location.  From viewing on the tube (that is my disclaimer so that Pat doesn't throw multi-colored queries at me ...), there looks to be a trough running between the bunker and upper tier.  From Davis Love to Tiger last year, you can play the slope and "feed" the ball to the hole.

[john_stiles]

In the US,   I think of that 'feeding' mostly in context of playing to the green and the use of contours to feed the ball to the flagstick.

In UK and Ireland, my sense of feeding is 'towards bunkers' for the most part.  Firmer conditions in general and much more rumples in the fairways account for most of that notion.

[Patrick_Mucci]

JES II,

Balls on the front right of the green used to feed directly into the bunker.  Many times, balls hit out of the bunker, on the front of the green, would roll back into the bunker, usually into the golfers footprints making extracation almost impossible.

About the time of the Walker Cup a fronting lip was inserted and the ground was contoured so that it prevented balls from feeding into the bunker from the green and just short of the green.

I also believe some of the area was allowed to grow to rough to further impede the feeding nature of the area.


Mike Benham,

Don't you think it would help if you identified the hole you're talking about  [/color]

[Mike Benham]

Mike Benham,

Don't you think it would help if you identified the hole you're talking about  [/color]

All of them  

Of course I meant 16 ...

[Patrick_Mucci]

Mike Benham,

That's a positive feeding feature, one used to get the ball to the hole without risking the fronting water and bunker when the pin is back, lower left.

When the hole is cut on the upper tier it serves the opposite function.

[Mike Benham]

When the hole is cut on the upper tier it serves the opposite function.

And then it wouldn't be dinner time but a weight loss program!!!

I don't know what kind of dinner you are accustom to, but I like the food brought to me