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GolfWRX Forum Thread of the Day: “How do you handle punched or aerated greens?”

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With Fall right around the corner, courses around the country are beginning to aerate their greens. In today’s GolfWRX Forum Thread of the Day our members discuss how their game changes, and when/if to play.

Here are a few comments from the forum, but make sure to check the whole thing out in the link below.

  • larrybud: “Never walked off, but you have to go in with the mentality that you will miss a bunch of putts, and that that’s not your fault.  My cap always go up 2 shots or so this time of year.”
  • bluefishercat: “It’s a good excuse for bad putting”
  • golfgirlrobin: “I don’t really mind punched greens; it’s just part of the deal. Hit it a little harder and aim for the middle.”

Check out the full forum thread here for more discussion.

Patrick is a senior at North Carolina State University majoring in PGA Golf Management. Currently employed at Lie + Loft, and previously at Sea Island, and Colleton River Club, he has gained experience in many aspects of the industry early in his career. With a strong passion for the growth of the game he strives to find new outlets in which the game will appeal to a larger audience.

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13 Comments

  1. op

    Sep 20, 2018 at 7:11 pm

    Pretend you are back in the 1920s where “stymie” was still the game on the greens…. slightly loft your putts over the plugs. I have a Wilson 8802 blade that was bent up, loft increased to 10º and back of sole ground down. Works perfectly.

  2. Makemba Tumambu

    Sep 20, 2018 at 2:39 pm

    I go to another course or hit the driving range. Not paying good money to play freshly aerated greens.

  3. Blake

    Sep 20, 2018 at 12:00 pm

    putting is the least interesting part of golf so i dont mind doing auto 2 putts

    • steve

      Sep 20, 2018 at 7:13 pm

      … but par consists of 36 putts… more than any other aspect of the game!!!!

  4. Adi Sutarno

    Sep 20, 2018 at 5:03 am

    Find and play in different courses.

  5. Scott

    Sep 20, 2018 at 1:12 am

    i don’t play punched greens…why spend money for inferior play. More importantly punching greens should be a thing of the past…new technology should fix this age old issue.

  6. Matt Aamold

    Sep 19, 2018 at 8:37 pm

    I handle them by dying a little inside.

    Nah, I just play them and know that sometimes the putts aren’t going to do what I think their going to do.

  7. Tom54

    Sep 19, 2018 at 6:07 pm

    I don’t usually care it’s just something you gotta deal with twice a year or so only thing would be nice if they gave us a break on the green fees while the greens are subpar. Some places who know what they are doing have plenty of sand filling the holes where it’s not bad at all. Other places it’s like putting on the board like you hang your tools on.

  8. Bob Jones

    Sep 19, 2018 at 4:13 pm

    Find something else to do until the greens are healed.

  9. Robert

    Sep 19, 2018 at 1:30 pm

    Based on the above photo I would not play – might wait a couple of days (or look to play somewhere else). From a greenskeeper’s perspective, should play be allowed on the greens in the above photo?

  10. Dave r

    Sep 19, 2018 at 12:23 pm

    No they don’t that’s like saying 1 club length tee thru thru the green, same for everybody. That’s got to be the worst saying in golf. But I do agree shut up and play or stay home and do yard work.

  11. Jon

    Sep 19, 2018 at 11:58 am

    Shut up and play, everyone has the same conditions.

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In our forums, our members have been reacting to a post from ‘GolferTodd’ who has turned their apartment living room into a driving range stall. ‘GolferTodd’ produced the following photo in our forums with the caption:

“To the exclusion of furniture. Bachelor life.”

And our members have been reacting to the post in our forums.

Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.

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In our forums, our members have been discussing how much wear is too much wear when purchasing used irons. WRXer ‘con_mon2’ is interested in a used set of iron and kicks off the thread, asking:

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Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.

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