Green Speed

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

Just wanted to see what everyone prefers for their green speed. Local courses I typically play are usually rolling 10+ and have played on tour type speeds. I would have to say I prefer my greens slick. It really adds an element to the game and typically find myself putting better on faster greens.

Have seen my cousin who is a local head greenskeep go through the stimp meter and is pretty cool to watch.

[GolfSpy BOS]

I generally prefer fast greens. But they can slow down #3 at hopedale. #dontgolong


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[Shankster]

I prefer to just hit the ball in the hole before I have to worry about putting.

I’ve played on some super fast greens. Don’t like them, like a tile floor. I don’t like shag carpet though. Somewhere in between.

[cnosil]

I adapt better to faster greens better than slower greens.  I picked middle of the road because that is probably the ideal.  

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

1 minute ago, Shankster said:

I prefer to just hit the ball in the hole before I have to worry about putting.

I’ve played on some super fast greens. Don’t like them, like a tile floor. I don’t like shag carpet though. Somewhere in between.

 

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

3 minutes ago, cnosil said:

I adapt better to faster greens better than slower greens.  I picked middle of the road because that is probably the ideal.  

I agree. Good thought "adapting". I find myself in the same boat. Slow greens just have me scratching my head sometimes vs a faster green.

[DiscipleofPenick]

Can I just get greens that roll true? And greenskeepers that aren't nuts? It seems like on the courses with the faster greens the pins are in tougher positions to boot.

Take Dead Aim

[Jwhite86]

i tend to putt better on a faster green, but I think that mostly has to do with the fact that the ball rolls true.  I am of the mindset that if you can putt, you can putt anywhere, anytime.

I don't mind slow greens, but I'd prefer something nice and slick

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

6 minutes ago, Tsmithjr9 said:

Can I just get greens that roll true? And greenskeepers that aren't nuts? It seems like on the courses with the faster greens the pins are in tougher positions to boot.

Take Dead Aim
 

Roll is key and I would take a true roll on a slower green vs the opposite.

I think you need to find a course that does that. We have a few around here that  you have your mark and they just roll, no bumps or anything like that (still have to get the correct line though cant help you with that lol). 

 

[heavygolffeels]

I prefer fast greens. Find less variation hole to hole. Much easier to control distance. 

[DaveP043]

I prefer faster greens, in general faster greens also tend to be more true.  On the other hand, the green speed should also match the green contours.  Severely sloped greens should not be allowed to get too fast, putting becomes excessively difficult, and can slow play substantially.  The fastest greens I can remember were at Latrobe CC (yes, Arnold's home).  The conditions were great, the greens VERY fast, but there were one or two holes where the ball would not stop near the hole.  Not coming from above the hole, not putting uphill from below, it simply wouldn't stop, and that's unreasonably fast.

[DiscipleofPenick]

I prefer faster greens, in general faster greens also tend to be more true.  On the other hand, the green speed should also match the green contours.  Severely sloped greens should not be allowed to get too fast, putting becomes excessively difficult, and can slow play substantially.  The fastest greens I can remember were at Latrobe CC (yes, Arnold's home).  The conditions were great, the greens VERY fast, but there were one or two holes where the ball would not stop near the hole.  Not coming from above the hole, not putting uphill from below, it simply wouldn't stop, and that's unreasonably fast.

Agree 100% no one wants to 3 putt all day because the greens are too quick and pins on nubbins where the ball won't stop.

Take Dead Aim

[THEZIPR23]

Give me "bikini waxed" greens everyday. As long as they are receptive. Have played too many rounds where greens were hard and fast and that is a nasty combination. 

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

7 minutes ago, THEZIPR23 said:

Give me "bikini waxed" greens everyday. As long as they are receptive. Have played too many rounds where greens were hard and fast and that is a nasty combination. 

Love it 

[golfingbrock]

I like middle of the road, because you can still be aggressive and don't have to lag from 10-15 ft. I don't mind the challenge of fast greens, and short putts are easier to hit a good stroke. Slow greens I same to push and pull more short/mid range putts trying to hit them hard enough

[MaxEntropy]

I prefer and tend to do better on faster greens, but I have no idea what my idea of "fast" is on a stimp meter, so I picked middle of the road.

[Kenny B]

The Goldilocks zone... Not too fast and not too slow.

[revkev]

Put me in the moderate camp.

I will add that IMO over fast greens are a huge cause of slow play particularly at upper end daily fee courses.


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[GolfSpy_SHARK]

1 hour ago, revkev said:

Put me in the moderate camp.

I will add that IMO over fast greens are a huge cause of slow play particularly at upper end daily fee courses.


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Its definitely tough to gauge. Really is a skill to be able to have good touch (especially going downhill) there is a hole at a course I play (#3) if you are pin high you are side dooring it and typically you will have to putt up hill and come down hill, it is brutal and when that is rolling....forget it. It can really slow pace of play on that hole....Thats why I play early morning