Longer rough an excuse?

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Richard Lane-blackwell

Handicap : 19.7

Posted : Thu 17th Jun 2010 16:13

The rough at my course seems to have got considerably longer over the past couple of months and I wonder whether I can use this as a bit of an excuse for poor scores? I don't normally lose too many balls during a round but over the last two or three rounds I must have lost over 20 balls! A few of these were sliced in to nearby fields but a large number I thought I knew where they had gone but when you get there they are no where to be seen due to the longer rough. Am I just trying to make myself feel better or has anyone else found this?

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Russell Middleton

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Handicap : 14.7

Reply : Thu 17th Jun 2010 16:32

If you don't keep the golf ball on the fairway then you can expect to lose a few when the summer months arrive. The rough gets longer and thicker so finding your ball gets much harder!

Russ

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David Ferris

Handicap : 15

Reply : Fri 18th Jun 2010 02:15

i actually find its the oposite iand i lose more balls in autumn and winter between all the leaves laying about and the sun being very low in the sky and blinding you. certainly ive lost more on the fairway at that time of year

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Wayne Santorini

Handicap : 0

Reply : Fri 18th Jun 2010 08:00

Agree if I've lost balls it tends to be more in the winter

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John Goodger

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Reply : Sat 19th Jun 2010 01:26

Where do Rabbit holes fit into this??

I was playing with myself (I'll pitch em, you hit em!) the other evening on a couple of holes. As I am still learning the ropes, I put down another ball just to learn/experiment, on one occasion I sent down an absolute monster of a drive that I wish was my scoring ball, it hit the hard fairway and jollied on into the rough I played my scoring ball and went to retrieve the other ball, I searched for a good 10 minutes (I was last man out) exactly where it bounced on to, the ball had totally vanished!! There were 2 Rabbit holes in the general area, so I assumed that I must have got a "Rabbit" hole in one!................ I wonder if anyone was home?

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