Definitely worth a thousand words.
Which course would you rather play tomorrow or better yet in early April, when the bermuda's dormant, thin,compacted and threadbare after a full winter or traffic and zero growth?
and the rye is perfect, firm and fast, yet grass.
(not saying it's the way to go for every club, or that it's sustainable,or that dormant can't play wonderfully, or that there isn't a grow in period in October, but to deny that the conditions the course is in in Spring are anything less than fantastic would seem a bit silly)
I love Augusta CC, one of my favorite courses, but it's not even close, in the spring, in the years they don't overseed.
and GJ, the picture does NOT depict two courses in "playing season" , unless it was taken in mid April, when Augusta area's playing season begins.
only freaks like me played all winter