Do you agree that keeping some of the most sloped of older greens at green speeds in excess of 10,11,12 on the stimpmeter , leads to greens that are sometimes unplayable and certainly not to the original designers intent.
David,
I was just making the point that obsession with green speeds and score are killing the game. For me the highlighted sentence is pointing the finger at the wrong thing. The green slope is playable, it is the speed that is not.
I am pretty sure that we are on the same page, when I refer to keeping greens at speeds in excess of 10 leading to unplayable conditions and not the original intent of the designer, I too and saying that the green speeds are too high.
Specific to 16 at PT, and TD's renovation, I am curious if he softened the slopes, knowing full well that green speeds are here to stay at least for awhile. If a GCA knows speeds are going to be in excess of 10, I assume he won't design greens that will cause the average golfer to putt balls off the green due to excessive slopes.