Green tongues

[Ira Fishman]

The terrific photos Kyle Harris posted in SVK thread showed at least one prominent tongue on/in a green. The original version of ANGC had several. Why did they go out of style?


Ira

[Ben Sims]

Ira,


Good question. My guess is that they result in condensed traffic and are therefore harder to maintain?

[Thomas Dai]

Slope and pin-able areas in relation to evolving heights of cut and quicker green speeds might have something to do with it.
Maybe too difficult for most Green Committee members, their friends and relatives!

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[Kyle Harris]

When a club’s internal DOCE determined that riding mowers were more efficient than walk behinds.

[Tom_Doak]

I saw a three-prong green today at Praia d’el Rey - on a very uphill par-3 where you couldn’t see the shape at all.  It was not great.

[Ira Fishman]

I saw a three-prong green today at Praia d’el Rey - on a very uphill par-3 where you couldn’t see the shape at all.  It was not great.

That does not mean that the concept is not good. It only means that one execution was not good.

[Thomas Dai]

I was recently looking at some videos of golf courses in NZ. This thread reminded me of the Haka.
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[Pete Lavallee]

Certainly MacKenzie was fond of this concept. At Pasatiempo the. par 5 13th had two tongues in the very back of green; perfectly suitable for a short par 5.

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