Golf Courses - Same Course, New Game Every Time

For golfer, a golf course is never the same each time he plays. Learn why this so in this engaging article about the challenging enviroment of golf courses.

Every golfer accepts that no golf course is ever the same. Although playing different courses is fun and challenging, playing ones home course, no matter how many times it is done, is always going to be different.

Nothing has been changed. It is the same course. Maybe the position of the cup on the green has changed. But no golf course is ever exactly the same two days in a row, or, for that matter, the same day.

Will Smith in the movie "The Legend of Bagger Vance" told his protg how the grass follows the sun, which means a putt that broke one way in the morning will break in the opposite direction in the afternoon.

One more thing that makes the same course dissimilar every day is the weather conditions. Weather plays a big factor in golf, and how a course plays. A wet course will play slower and the ball will not travel as far after hitting the ground. On a dry course, the ball will roll farther after hitting the turf.

Hot or cold weather also affects the play. Colder weather keeps the ball from traveling as far, while a well hit ball will go further on a warm or hot day. Furthermore, if an area has been dry for any length of time, the fairways, unless they are watered heavily every day, will become as hard as concrete and provide extra distance once the ball hits the ground.

Also in play is the golfer's attitude. The frame of mind a golfer has direct affect on how well he or she plays and reacts to the course. Golf is a game requiring a calm, focused mind, so the player can concentrate on what he or she is trying to do on every shot.

How the grounds are kept will make the same course play differently. If the fairway is allowed to grow a little long, balls will not be able to roll as far, whereas, if they are kept trimmed close to the ground, the ball will roll further.

The rough is entirely another problem. There are obstacles on the course, such as sprinkler heads. A rough is always thick and hard to play out of. But a heavy, wet rough makes it almost impossible for a golfer to do much more than simply attempt to chip back onto the fairway. Sprinkler heads, which are positioned all over the course, will have an adverse affect on a ball that happens to hit them.

Believe it or not, who a person is playing with can affect the way the course is played. The same course, no matter how many times a person plays it, is never the same course twice.

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