''Ben,
This is how you get firm and fast conditions on PGA Tour courses and maintain the green look. He used the roller all the way down the fronting slope. This is the 14th at MVGC late in the day during a practice round. ''
Josh,
That is how you drive the cost of maintenance up. Firm conditions are achieved through mother nature and turning off the sprinklers. They maintain a green look due to MV cutting their greens extremely short thus requiring water to cool the soil temp.
''I believe the high TV towers distort the great land movement that is present at MVGC. The routing is pretty solid and despite its difficulty, it is playable, unless the rough is how they have it for the tournament. But the slopes, rolling hills and sidehill/downhill/uphill lies are more than enough texture. The creeks that meander throughout the property add texture as well. I will agree, once on the greens they are lightening quick, which likely reduces the slopes (texture?), but to say there is no texture, I would disagree.
As for color, is the course green, yes, but so is Augusta and every other PGA tour course. Am I saying this is Augusta, no. Does the pine straw add texture and value to the design at Augusta that MVGC is lacking, I don't think so. It is a pretty course, but overall I enjoy the routing and while not in agreement with all the bunkers on 18, overall it is a testing course that is playable in my opinion (assuming the rough is cut, which the two times I played it was playable). Would I be happy to play it everyday, absolutely. ''
Josh,
I disagree, I think TV does a fine job of showing the land movement on a macro level. Obviously you can't tell green contours on a micro level. The routing is decent, but the land makes up for the routing imo. There are 5 ponds on the course and the creek(s) on the routing. 13 holes have water, is that texture? Especially a course in Central Ohio, I don't think it is. All the water is repetitive, so I don't consider them texture.