[Michael Huber]

Generally, when I go on vacation I end up playing on turf different than what I'm used to playing in Western PA, and it always has an impact on how I play.  Last year, I played on the poa of the Monterey Penninsula, and 2008 was my first experience with bermuda in Florida. 

Every once in a while, we end up playing out of our comfort zones.  Some of us are used to bermuda greens, and some of us are not.  Some of us are used to hills and uneven lies, and some of us are used to flat as a pancake.  Weather and hazards are other things that throw us a curveball when we travel on vacations and what not.

So I ask the treehouse:

How do you appraoch the golf course differently when you are given unfamiliar settings?

[Bill_McBride]

Gingerly.

A course like Elie, with a half dozen blind tee shots, was full out fun, but it was easy to be a bit tentative flying tee balls at those marker poles, not being exactly sure what was on the other side!

[Matthew Petersen]

Generally, when I go on vacation I end up playing on turf different than what I'm used to playing in Western PA, and it always has an impact on how I play.  Last year, I played on the poa of the Monterey Penninsula, and 2008 was my first experience with bermuda in Florida. 

Every once in a while, we end up playing out of our comfort zones.  Some of us are used to bermuda greens, and some of us are not.  Some of us are used to hills and uneven lies, and some of us are used to flat as a pancake.  Weather and hazards are other things that throw us a curveball when we travel on vacations and what not.

So I ask the treehouse:

How do you appraoch the golf course differently when you are given unfamiliar settings?

When I play a course with bermuda greens I approach the round and say, "OK, you're probably going to take 40 putts today so just breathe and enjoy yourself anyway."

[Michael Huber]

Bill,

Ginger is a good way to describe playing a new mysterious course for the first time.  Erroring on the side of caution is probably the best choice, but at the same time, it can cost some strokes. 

Matt,

It sounds like you and bermuda greens get along about as well as bermuda rough and I get along. 

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