![]() ![]() So even if it means playing out sideways or even backwards it’s often a better option than trying to propel the ball over too much rough. And remember, a ball played from heavy rough never carries as far as you think it might. ![]() Take the least amount of trouble out of the equation by aiming towards the most direct route to the short grass of the fairway. If the ball is buried deep in wet, clinging grass, take a club that has plenty of loft and is heavy enough to help cut through to the bottom of the ball – a pitching wedge of sand iron is often the best for this in your bag. It’s all very well opting for a 4- or 5-iron for a shot of 150-160 yards from a good lie, but not when it’s that the kind of distance you have to carry when facing a poor lie in rough grass.If, indeed, you’re lucky enough to find your ball in deep rough you have to consider if your have the right tools and the right technique to get your game back on track at one stroke or take your punishment, find the fairway and maybe drop only one or two shots in the process. Tony Finau is the defending champion.Very often inexperienced players will try to get away with using a club ill-suited for the purpose. The Rocket Mortgage Classic kicks off June 29. TRocket Golf <25 <5M 4 Eagle Golf <25 8.7M 5 Acushnet Co 28 5.2M 6 TaylorMade Golf Org Chart Phone Email Liza Chen Manager, Finance Phone Email Darryn Lowe Manager, Product & Experient. His team has already been able to mow the greens with walk-behind mowers. Moynihan told members that reseeding the affected areas could begin immediately since the damage sustained was only to the tips of the grass, not down to the roots. “Each day I am seeing more and more green shoots filling the damaged areas,” Moynihan wrote to members. And the club expects the course will be in peak condition when the Tour arrives in seven weeks. The good news is that Moynihan is seeing progress in the weeks since the incident. According to Nichols, the club ran the affected turf through a lab examination, revealing it had been exposed to glyphosate, an ingredient in ithe weed-killer Round Up. The damage consists of swathes of grass burned yellow by chemicals, snaking across the greens. I will continue to keep you updated with progress pictures, treatments, and recovery plans moving forward.”Īpril was warmer than average for the Detroit area, but it’s how Mother Nature treats the course in May that will matter. ![]() I will be working in conjunction with the PGA Tour Agronomy Department to develop an appropriate plan for optimal recovery. “The colder the weather, the slower the recovery. ![]() “The length of time the greens will take to recover will continue to be weather dependent,” Moynihan wrote, according to Darren Nichols, a local columnist. Moynihan emailed club members in late April to explain the situation. The Rocket Mortgage begins at the end of June.Īs the local police investigation continues, the clean-up is underway by superintendent Sam Moynihan and staff. Two greens at Detroit Golf Club, host site of the PGA Tour’s Rocket Mortgage Classic, are recovering from an alleged act of vandalism.Īccording to various local reports, the club is rehabbing the 11th and 12th greens on the North Course after chemicals were applied to them in mid-April. Chemicals sprayed on the 11th and 12th greens have forced maintenance staffers to close them down ahead of the Rocket Mortgage Classic. ![]()
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