Greens Are Getting Too Fast

Will we in GCM or the pro shop ever hear from the members that the greens are becoming too fast? ... Nope.  Too slow, of course, too fast never.  Why is that, and how do we know when the greens are too fast?  First, it is not in the nature of your average golfer to ever think that the reason a golf ball doesn't stop where you putted it to or even roll back at you is because the green speed has hit a level of just being too quick for its design.  Second, we know they are getting too fast for most of the golfer is that we start hearing that the pin positions are unfair, on a slope, etc.

What was a good pin position when the greens are rolling 9.5 to 10.5 is almost impossible when the greens are reaching or passing 12 on the stimpmeter as our greens are doing right now.  Presently, we are developing green placement maps but they are not fully ready yet.  And with our smaller, postage stamp greens with limited pin positions it is difficult for my team to understand what was good before is not good now.  We are working on that one.

To even out wear on our greens or not to continue pinning in the same area (as with the back position of 6's green) we sometimes have to shift the position into a less desirable position.  When the greens are too fast, it makes this position almost impossible. 

Today, I will increase the watering and decrease the frequency of the rolling to slow our greens back down.  Additionally, the mapping that I have finished will be put into a usable format for my team and continue their training.  With Ernie and working more and more in the field and doing less follow up this training has become critical to the success of the pace of play.