My home course is hosting the Ky Womens Am this week. I played the course Saturday and was shocked by the number of places that had been marked as GUR. Patches of eroded soil (which I could understand), places where bunker sand may have reached over into the green surrounds, even small patches of hardpan around the green. Basically it seemed any imperfection had been marked.
The course was allowed to mark the course as they wanted (no state official came in). Should these areas all have been marked--could it be to speed up play. The roster of players ranged from a +1 to a 30 (most were in 8-12 range).
It just seemed that some of the bad breaks of golf had been taken out of the equation. Of course, there have been times I've hit into these spots and wished they were marked for everyday play.