Post by iorwerth on May 1, 2018 2:19:00 GMT -5
Recently played the J.W. Golf Trail Lake Tahoe course, which has soft greens and fast green speed. What I found is that many approach shots landing on the greens seemed to roll on for quite a while, more than I would have expected from a soft green. This may have just been slopes, but my impression was that the balls were rolling quite far anyway, discounting slopes.
Anyway, my question is what is the relationship between green firmness and green speed for the rolling of balls from approach shots landing on greens? Does the green speed affect how far the ball rolls with approach shots, and if it does, what is the affect of the green firmness on ball rolling?
I may have just got myself a bit muddled here, but on that course it seemed that green speed was playing a bigger role than green firmness in determining how far balls were rolling from approach shots hitting the greens.
Hope that all made sense!
Anyway, my question is what is the relationship between green firmness and green speed for the rolling of balls from approach shots landing on greens? Does the green speed affect how far the ball rolls with approach shots, and if it does, what is the affect of the green firmness on ball rolling?
I may have just got myself a bit muddled here, but on that course it seemed that green speed was playing a bigger role than green firmness in determining how far balls were rolling from approach shots hitting the greens.
Hope that all made sense!
