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James Bennett

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Re:Small Greens
« Reply #25 on: December 03, 2006, 05:03:01 AM »
Adrian, Sean, Bill

Painswick #10.  It is played from left of picture.  Sean is on the high left side.  A small green indeed.  Heaven help the play if the green stimped at say 8! :o



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Tom Roewer

Re:Small Greens
« Reply #26 on: December 03, 2006, 06:43:35 AM »
Temple Terrace in Tampa has some of the smallest greens i've ever played.  Bendelow 's originals are great looking from the approach shot area and even more "fun" when you miss.  This is also one of the coolest routings too.  I think I have some pics, i'll try to dredge them up.
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Jon Wiggett

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Re:Small Greens
« Reply #27 on: December 03, 2006, 08:04:05 AM »
Buergenstock Golf Club in Switzerland, a club where I worked at a few years ago had very small greens. The first was a par 3 ca. 165 yards slightly uphill with a circular green not measuring more that 25 feet across.
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Marc Haring

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Re:Small Greens
« Reply #28 on: December 04, 2006, 03:49:26 AM »
Hey Adrian

You remember that old green on the 4th at The Manor House (Castle Combe). Must have been 150 square yards tops, under some trees and at the bottom of a hill with all the water flooding down onto it. I don't think they ever got grass to grow there! Looked very pretty but!!!!
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Adrian_Stiff

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Re:Small Greens
« Reply #29 on: December 05, 2006, 04:38:09 AM »
Quote from: Marc Haring on December 04, 2006, 03:49:26 AM
Hey Adrian

You remember that old green on the 4th at The Manor House (Castle Combe). Must have been 150 square yards tops, under some trees and at the bottom of a hill with all the water flooding down onto it. I don't think they ever got grass to grow there! Looked very pretty but!!!!
Yes I do remember that hole, it was clearly just too small was a nice looker though . I think that a green has to be 4500 sq ft to effectively cope with modern traffic in the UK and even that is a minimum with not to much contour. Perhaps in the US you can go smaller. In the UK we dont grow much grass for 6 months. Wonder what the area of the postage stamp is?
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Dan Boerger

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Re:Small Greens
« Reply #30 on: December 05, 2006, 08:13:43 AM »
All things equal, I enjoy medium to larger sized greens on any course I play with regularity. They don't seem to get beat up as much and I really like the varied looks and play on the approach. Is there any better small green hole than PV8, however?  :)
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Michael Ryan

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Re:Small Greens
« Reply #31 on: December 05, 2006, 09:53:22 AM »
Tom Doak,

I love the idea of small greens in strategic locations, can you (or any of the other architects or supers on this thread) explain what excavated bunker sand actually does to a green?  I know its detrimental, but I'm not clear on the reason, does it handicap the mowing/maintenence process?  Just looking for a little education on the subject, thanks.
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