Iant that what they have on the Ocean Course at Kiawah?
If that is the case, just played on them recently and they were superb..really really good.
I just played Ocean yesterday -- what a great golf course. However, the paspalum greens were completely dormant. I like fast and firm, but these were dead, fast and firm. Putts rolled true (though I found the greens harder to read when dormant than when green), but the greens were very difficult to hold, particularly from short distances. I will also say that they looked terrible. I don't mind a little brown, but these were nothing but brown.
When the greens aren't dormant I think they're OK. They have no grain (that I can notice) and putts roll true. In my experience I've never seen them particularly fast, but I suspect they can be cut pretty tight for tournament play.
I always love playing Ocean, but I have to admit, the greens yesterday were a great disappointment.
Will, let me get this straight. The greens rolled true but were brown. So they are a great disappointment?
Difficult to hold from short distances?
What does that mean?
Did you try landing the ball short and letting it roll?
Were you hitting your short approaches high enough or with enough spin?
That sounds like a you problem?
About 2 weeks ago, I played Southern Dunes in Arizona, no overseed, only tees. Everything was brown, the greens were some of the truest and fastest greens I have putted on in Arizona. I think they are Tiff or Bermuda...
I like my golf courses green but I thought it even looked great brown, not to mention its played great, firm and fast, a least the GCA crowd would like it.
I'm just not following you... thats all.